The Four Times of Day: Evening / William Hogarth
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.59
- Title
- The Four Times of Day: Evening
- 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 40.6 cm (18 3/16 in. x 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 “NIGHT” written below it. The lower half of the print has a busy street scene with lots of people taking parts of several stories (e.g. someone empting a chamber pot on people on the street, a tipped over carriage that is being set on fire, a quack doctor performing an operation in a candlelit room). The upper half of the print shows the tops of the buildings that line the street, iron-wrought shop signs, a statue of a man on horseback in the distance, and a crescent moon in a cloudy sky.
- 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.
- An image of nocturnal mishap, "Night" is set near Charring Cross and shows, along with the ubiquitous tavern, an inebriated Freemason identified as Sir Thomas De Veil. De Veil, a magistrate known for his harsh treatment for drunkenness is supported by his servant as slops tossed from an upper window descends on the pair. More mayhem is represented by the overturned “Flying Salisbury Coach”—hardly flying as it catches fire, most likely from the torch held by the boy at the far left.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 901 x 1089
- File Size
- 124 KB
- Record
- 1971/2.59
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"The Four Times of Day: Evening; William Hogarth." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1971-sl-2.59/1971_2.59.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
