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Engraving of a night street with a bonfire, an overturned coach, a lantern-carrying figure, and people at windows and doorways beneath hanging signs.

Night: street scene with overturned coach and bonfire

An engraved night street scene shows a lantern-carrying watchman in a cloak at center, with a bonfire burning among scattered debris and an overturned wheeled carriage behind. Figures crowd the lit doorway and windows at left, and a hooded man stands at right beneath hanging signs.

Artist
William Hogarth
Date
February the 1st 1798
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3127 × 4000 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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