print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: Cc,2.129
Title: Object: Night; Series: The Four Times of Day
Description: Scene near Charing Cross with le Sueur's equestrian statue of Charles I in the background and celebrations of the anniversary of the Restoration of Charles II (29 May, known as "Oak Apple Day"); in the foreground a drunken freemason (probably the corrupt magistrate Sir Thomas De Veil) is supported by a serving man; to left a barber is seen at work through a window, a chamber pot is being emptied from a window above and below a man and woman sleep beneath a wooden shelter and a link boy crouches beside them; to right the Salisbury Flying Coach has crashed while trying to avoid a bonfire in the middle of the street; shop and tavern signs include the barber's (advertising "Shaving Bleeding & Teeth Drawn wth. a Touch Ecce Signum"), the Rummer Tavern, the Earl of Cardigan, the Bagnio and the New Bagnio. 1738 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: William Hogarth
School/style: British
Production date: 1738
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 463 millimetres (cropped); Width: 370 millimetres (cropped)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Paulson 1989 / Hogarth's Graphic Works: third edition (149.II); Paulson 1965/70 / Hogarth's graphic works: first complete edition (155.II); BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (2392)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; freemasonry; politics; drunkenness; hairdresser/barber; carriage/coach; tavern/inn; child; fire
Associated names: Representation of: Charles I, King of England; Representation of: Sir Thomas De Veil (?); Associated with: Hubert Le Sueur
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Associated events: Associated Event: Oak Apple Day (29 May)
Acquisition name: Purchased from: William Packer (probably)
Acquisition date: 1827 (before)
Acquisition notes: See comment on S,2.1.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Cc,2.129
Conservation: Treatment: 17 May 1996

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