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ID number: BIRBI-2002.6/1 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Hogarth, William (1697-1764) Title / Object name: Morning (first in sequence from The Four Times of the Day) Object type: Print Place made: London Culture: British Date made: 1738 Materials: Etching and engraving, black ink on paper Measurements: Paper: 488 x 397 mm; mount: 808 x 605 mm Provenance: Series purchased from the William Weston Gallery, London, October 2002 |
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A wealthy spinster crosses Covent Garden Piazza on a freezing morning. The spinster’s attention is riveted on two embracing couples, causing her to ignore the beggar at her feet. Hogarth here draws a contrast between the hot and cold-blooded vices of the icy spinster and the steamy couples. Covent Garden had gone into decline by the 1730s with a proliferation of brothels, taverns and coffee houses. The presence of the beggars indicates how low it was possible to fall in this environment. |
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