Art Institute of Chicago
A Midnight Modern Conversation
William Hogarth
- 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
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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