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H Beard Print Collection

Print
25 March 1738 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Scene entitled 'Evening', partially coloured. In a few of the earliest impressions Mr. Hogarth painted the hands of the man in blue to show that he was a dyer and the face and neck of the woman in red to intimate her extreme heat.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
etching
Brief description
Scene entitled 'Evening', partially coloured, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Scene entitled 'Evening', partially coloured.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 45.1cm
  • Print size width: 37.3cm
  • Total including border height: 47.9cm
  • Total including border width: 37.7cm
Credit line
Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard
Summary
Scene entitled 'Evening', partially coloured. In a few of the earliest impressions Mr. Hogarth painted the hands of the man in blue to show that he was a dyer and the face and neck of the woman in red to intimate her extreme heat.
Associated object
S.242-2009 (Version)
Other number
F.38-22 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.241-2009

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2009
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