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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