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Engraving of a rowdy 18th-century party: men drink and smoke around a candlelit table while one sprawls on the floor and another's legs rise over a chair.

A Midnight Modern Conversation

A crowded engraved scene of men drinking, smoking clay pipes and collapsing around a punch bowl at a candlelit table in a panelled room. In the foreground a man sprawls on the floor while another lies with legs raised over a chair, and a chamber pot sits at lower right.

Artist
William Hogarth
Date
1 April 1798
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3074 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1798.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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