Plate lettered in the top center 'H': Reverse copies of details from Hogarth's "A midnight modern conversation". Each item is numbered; 1. The fat man with the linen cap on his head, who sits stolidly smoking; 2. The back of the head of the man behind the last; 3. The man who, seen in profile at the side of the picture, sits and sleeps soundly, with his arms folded; 4. The gentleman in the bag-wig, who is about to vomit; 5. The neighbor of the last, who is endeavoring to light his pipe
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Date from other prints in this series in the British Museum online catalogue., and Plate prepared for: Manuel contentant diverses Connoissances curieuses et utile pour l'année 1786" in Göttingen.
