Past Exhibition

Prints by William Hogarth

Five men are depicted in a rowing boat on the sea. Four men are involved in an interaction, with one male seated and being restrained by three others. One man is pouring liquid into his mouth from a bottle, while the other two are holding him and gesturing. The men have various facial features and are wearing cloaks and hats typical of maritime attire. The fifth man is positioned as if rowing the boat, clutching an oar with both hands. The background shows multiple sailing ships and windmills on the horizon, under a sky with large clouds. The water around the boat is depicted as wavy.
William Hogarth, The Idle 'Prentice turn'd away, and sent to Sea, 1747, etching and engraving, Rosenwald Collection, 1944.5.48

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    Ground Floor, Gallery G-19 (625 sq. ft.)
Five men are depicted in a rowing boat on the sea. Four men are involved in an interaction, with one male seated and being restrained by three others. One man is pouring liquid into his mouth from a bottle, while the other two are holding him and gesturing. The men have various facial features and are wearing cloaks and hats typical of maritime attire. The fifth man is positioned as if rowing the boat, clutching an oar with both hands. The background shows multiple sailing ships and windmills on the horizon, under a sky with large clouds. The water around the boat is depicted as wavy.
William Hogarth, The Idle 'Prentice turn'd away, and sent to Sea, 1747, etching and engraving, Rosenwald Collection, 1944.5.48

Overview: 69 prints included examples of the artist's best-known series (The Rake's Progress, The Harlot's Progress, The Four Times of the Day, and Industry and Idleness), with accompanying explanations of the 18th-century social and political allusions in the prints, and a loan of 3 copper plates. The works were chosen from the Rosenwald collection, to complement the exhibition of paintings by William Hogarth from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.

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