Artist: William Hogarth (1697–1764), English painter and printmaker.
Title: Night.
Dimensions: Image: 17 3/8" × 14 1/2". Plate: 19 1/4" × 16". Sheet: 24 3/4" × 18 3/4". Frame: 28 1/4" × 25".
Date: Posthumous impression, XIX century.
Materials and Techniques: Engraving on wove paper. New Victorian Style frame.
Condition: Good. Small tear at the upper edge, approximately 1".
Inscriptions: Lettered in the plate below: “Invented Painted Engraved & Published by Wm. Hogarth March 25, 1738. According to Act of Parliament.”
Part of: Four Times of the Day (Morning, Noon, Evening, Night), first published in 1738.
Museums: The British Museum, accession no. 1880,1113.2803.
Art Movements, Periods and Schools: British School XVIII C.