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Monday, August 5, 2024

William Hogarth, Four Times of the Day 4


The more things change, the more they stay the same. I have learned the hard way that very little good ever comes from going out late at night, and this image merely confirms the point. A drunken freemason is being escorted home through a neighborhood of pubs and brothels, a coach has overturned next to a festive bonfire, and a boozy barber perilously plies his trade. The landlord watering down the wine looks remarkably like a sleazy bartender I once knew. And always be wary of the flying contents from a chamber pot. 

William Hogarth, Four Times of the Day: Night (painting, 1736) 

William Hogarth, Four Times of the Day: Night (engraving, 1738) 



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