Night, plate four from The Four Times of the Day
William Hogarth
May 1738
Medium
Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 44 × 36.5 cm (17 3/8 × 14 3/8 in.); Plate: 49 × 40.6 cm (19 5/16 × 16 in.); Sheet: 66 × 49.5 cm (26 × 19 1/2 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80828
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...