Evening [graphic]

Description

Title: Evening [graphic]
Creator: Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher.
Published / Created: [1 December 1797]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Published December the 1st, 1797, by G.G. & J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row, London
Abstract: The third print in the series "Four Times of the Day" is set at Sadler's Wells. "A dyer and his wife walking with their dog beside the New River; the wife holds a fan with a design of Aphrodite and Adonis, the husband carries a small child, a somewhat older boy stands behind them in tears because his sister is demanding the gingerbread figure he holds; behind them is a young woman holding a shoe and a cow being milked by another woman; to the right is a tavern with the sign of Sir Hugh Middleton's Head, two women and a man are in the tavern garden, other figures are visible through the window, and a grape vine is climbing up towards the roof."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Signed bottom left hand corner: Designed by Wm. Hogarth. Signed bottom right hand corner: Engraved by T. Cook.
After Hogarth. Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 148.
Plate also issued in a collection entitled Hogarth restored, first published by G.G. & J. Robinson in 1802.
Watermark: 1794 J. Whatman.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; January 2021.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 49.5 x 39.2 cm, on sheet 55.8 x 42.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English