2017/1.2
Picture Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Hogarth Engraving entitled Noon
WMLMT Classification:- Engraving
Description
"This is a framed engraving of ""Noon"", a satirical print by artist William Hogarth from his Four Times of the Day series, first published in 1738.
• Scene Analysis: The artwork depicts a busy London street scene at midday, specifically outside a French Huguenot church in Soho.
• Social Commentary: Hogarth contrasts the orderly, well-dressed French congregation leaving church on the right with the chaotic, disorderly behaviour of natives on the left, who are eating messy food and causing a commotion near a tavern.
• Artist Context: William Hogarth (1697–1764) was a prominent English painter, satirist, and printmaker known for his critical and moralising depictions of 18th-century London life."
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