William Hogarth, A Midnight Modern Conversation, c.1732, 76 x 164 cm, New Haven, Yale Center for Bri
William Hogarth, A Midnight Modern Conversation, c.1732, 76 x 164 cm, New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionIn this painting, it is possible to see an exaggerated portrayal of the drinking clubs that existed in London, where men would meet. Hogarth paints a very humorous image of the result of the excessive drink. This is a variation on the type of subject known at the time as `conversation pieces´. These were group portraits painted on a small scale that usually showed groups of figures in polite attitudes, drinking tea, or playing cards, or simply engaged in conversation.Hogarth painted some proper conversation pieces, but many, such as the one that we see here, are satirical; they offer criticism of society through comical means. -- source link
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