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Lot 241:
After William Hogarth's Modern Midnight Conversation Painting
After William Hogarth (British, 1679-1764) Oil on Canvas, A Modern Midnight Conversation 1733. Dating to the late 18th / early 19th century, It is after William Hogarth’s famous composition, A Modern Midnight Conversation, completed in 1733 and now in the Paul Mellon collection. The masterful painter of this version refers to an etching by William Hogarth, mirror- inverted, which the copyist has recaptured in detail. It depicts a group of men smoking and drinking. The subject depicted is a typical modern moral subject of William Hogarth’s in which he denounced the moral problems with England at the time. Oil on canvas Unframed 30 H x 60 inches W, Framed 32 x 62 inches.
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