A Midnight Modern Conversation
March 1732/33
William Hogarth English, 1697-1764
United Kingdom
One of Hogarth’s most sought-after and most frequently copied compositions, A Midnight Modern Conversation features a raucous, smoke-filled scene in which drunken participants stumble, fall asleep, and lose their wigs. This impression of the print incorporates painterly nuances in an application of both red and black ink, a color choice resulting in a mock history painting.
Etching and engraving selectively printed in black and red on ivory laid paper