Company of drinking and smoking men, A Midnight Modern Conversation (title on object), The room is St. John's Coffee-house, Shire Lane, Temple Bar at four o'clock in the morning. All men are drunk to a greater or lesser extent. The man spooning drink from the bowl may be Orator Henley or Parson Cornelius. The man putting his own wig on his head may be John Harrison. The man who lights the frill of his sleeve instead of his pipe is a politician. In the foreground a man falls to the ground; it is doused with liquor from a smaller bottle. The man with a pipe and nightcap, next to the sleeping man, may be Chandler, a bookbinder Hogarth worked with. Text in English in the bottom margin., print, print maker: William Hogarth, (mentioned on object), after painting by: William Hogarth, (mentioned on object), after own design by: William Hogarth, (mentioned on object), 1732, paper, etching, engraving, height, 344 mm × width, 468 mm
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