Noon, Plate Two from The Four Times of Day
William Hogarth
1738
Medium
Etching and engraving in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 45.1 × 38.1 cm (17 13/16 × 15 in.); Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 48.5 × 39.8 cm (19 1/8 × 15 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
128611
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...