Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 :[The Laughing audience. Wm Hogarth. London. 1732]

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 :[The Laughing audience. Wm Hogarth. London. 1732]
Date
1736 - 1737
Reference
D-020-079
Description

Designed as a subscription ticket. The fashionable beaux on the top level are ignoring the stage and turning their attention to the orange-sellers. The bored connoisseur in the centre is looking down his nose, and the ordinary folk `below' them are roaring with the enjoyment of the play. In the foreground are three sedate members of the orchestra, in total constrast to the people immediately behind them.

In 1737 Hogarth bunched together `A chorus of singers' and `The Laughing audience' with `Scholars' and `The Company of Undertakers', selling them as `Four etchings of different characters of heads in groups'.

Source of descriptive information - Uglow, Jenny. Hogarth, a life & a world. London, 1997

Other Titles - Four etchings of different characters of heads in groups

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Engraving, 190 x 170 mm (platemark), one of four engravings on sheet 652 x 487 mm

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Hogarth, William 1697-1764 :The original works of William Hogarth. London, sold by John and Josiah Boydell, 1790 / Hogarth, William 1697-1764 :The original works of William Hogarth. London, sold by John and Josiah Boydell, 1790
Format
1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Engraving, 190 x 170 mm (platemark), one of four engravings on sheet 652 x 487 mm
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