Evening [graphic]

Description

Title: Evening [graphic]
Creator: Baron, Bernard, 1696-1762, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist, publisher.
Published / Created: [25 March 1738]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
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.
"Price 5 shillings"--Following printmaker's name.
1 print : engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 48.8 x 40.3 cm, on sheet 59 x 46 cm.
Plate 24 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Queen Charlotte, the album bound according to Her Majesty's direction. Purchased by W.S. Lewis at Sotheby's, Miss M.A.E. Crofton sale, lot 341; 15 November 1960.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 489 x 404 mm, on sheet 613 x 472 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Plate 24. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 24. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Collection / Other Creator: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1732-1764] [England], [not after 1753]