Night, Plate Four from The Four Times of Day
William Hogarth
1738
Medium
Etching and engraving in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 44 × 36.6 cm (17 3/8 × 14 7/16 in.); Plate: 49.1 × 40.7 cm (19 3/8 × 16 1/16 in.); Sheet: 51 × 42 cm (20 1/8 × 16 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
128614
About the Artist
William Hogarth · 1697–1764
William Hogarth (1697-1764) was an English painter, printmaker, and pictorial satirist who became the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad. Born into poverty in London, the son of a failed schoolmaster who was imprisoned for debt, Hogarth's early experiences with the harsh realities of 18th-century urban life profoundly shaped his artistic vision. After apprenticing with si...