The Four Times of Day: Noon / William Hogarth
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.57
- Title
- The Four Times of Day: Noon
- Artist
- William Hogarth
- Artist Nationality
- British
- Artist Life Dates
- 1697-1764
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on laid paper
- 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 "Invented and painted, engraved and published by Wm. Hogarth, March 25, 1738, According to Act of Parliament."
- Dimensions
- 46.2 cm x 40.5 cm (18 3/16 in. x 15 15/16 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Secondary Object Classification
- 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 “NOON” written below it. The lower half of the print has a busy street scene with lots of adults and children in 18th century garb. The upper half shows the top of the buildings that line the street, including a shop, a brick building, and a church steeple in the distance.
- 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.
- "Noon", set on Hog Road (now part of Charing Cross Road) in springtime, shows two groups of people divided by a gutter than runs down the center of the road. The group of finely attired, almost foppish, figures at the right is often described as French refugees as this part of Soho included a sizeable French population. In contrast is the lusty pair of Londoners at the left. The spire of St. Gilles in the distance is cut off by two taverns in the middle ground, identified by the flagons hanging under the roofs.
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- architectural elements
- buildings and the land
- commercial buildings
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- eating and drinking buildings
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- people and culture
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- roads
- roads by form
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation spaces
- windows and window components
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 887 x 1067
- File Size
- 130 KB
- Record
- 1971/2.57
- Link to this Item
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"The Four Times of Day: Noon; William Hogarth." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1971-sl-2.57/1971_2.57.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 06, 2024.
