A Midnight Modern Conversation

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A Midnight Modern Conversation

William HogarthLinkedCulture matchlcp-4bc0237dded5

Date
March 1732/33
Medium
Etching and engraving selectively printed in black and red on ivory laid paper
Culture
United Kingdom
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
190874

One of Hogarth’s most sought-after and most frequently copied compositions, A Midnight Modern Conversation features a raucous, smoke-filled scene in which drunken participants stumble, fall asleep, and lose their wigs. This impression of the print incorporates painterly nuances in an application of both red and black ink, a color choice resulting in a mock history painting.

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The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund

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