The Four Times of Day: Morning / William Hogarth

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Accession Number
1971/2.56
Title
The Four Times of Day: Morning
Artist Nationality
British
Artist Life Dates
1697-1764
Object Creation Date
1738
Object Creation Place
Europe (continent)
United Kingdom (nation)
Creation Place 1
Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2
United Kingdom (nation)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Inscription
Second state of two Dated March 25 1738 "Invented and painted, engraved and published by Wm. Hogarth, March 25, 1738, According to Act of Parliament."
Dimensions
46.4 cm x 39.7 cm (18 1/4 in. x 15 5/8 in.)
Century
18th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
intaglio print
Secondary Object Classification
Print
Secondary Object Type
black and white print
Physical Description
This print is vertically oriented with gray markings. A cream border surrounds it and it has “MORNING” written below it. The lower half of the print has a busy square. There is a pyramid of people to the right, with lovers, beggars, and a woman warming her hands over a fire. The left has a woman in a gown and a small boy behind her. Beyond them in the distance is a large mass of people carrying posters. The upper half shows the tops of the buildings that line the square. The rooftops has a dusting of snow, and the clouds are dark as if it were an early winter morning.
Subject Matter
Hogarth created several print series that satirize mores and values of 18th century England. In his suite, "The Four Times of Day," executed after a series of paintings, he employed humor, not just to comment on London society but to breathe new life into images marking the times of day. Hogarth translated portrayals of the times of the day from their pastoral origins to that of contemporary London. The pastoral, eternal and ideal here become urban, specific and comic. Each of the London sites shown in this series was considered disreputable in its day and the congested setting acts as a foil and context for the figures.
Morning- Set in Covent Garden, the traditional figure of dawn, Aurora, is replaced by a thin woman seen in profile. Rather than a springtime embodying new life, this scene is set in winter. Hogarth peoples his print with prostitutes and a darkened sky; Tom King’s Coffee House, a tavern with an infamous reputation, eclipses the church of St. Paul seen at right.
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Record
1971/2.56
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"The Four Times of Day: Morning; William Hogarth." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1971-sl-2.56/1971_2.56.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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