William Hogarth, Before, c.1730–1, 39 x 34 cm, Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, digital image
William Hogarth, Before, c.1730–1, 39 x 34 cm, Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, digital image courtesy of the Getty’s Open Content ProgramHogarth made several versions of a pair of images known as ‘Before and After’. In this pair of paintings on the screen, which belongs to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the gravity of the situation is more obvious.The man is trying to rape the young woman, the table that she tries to hold on tooffers little help. -- source link
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