A Modern Midnight Conversation, William Hogarth, between 1733 and 1742

A drinking scene with eleven men in a panelled room around a table on which is a punch-bowl decorated with chinese figures; wine bottles on the floor and mantelpiece and an overflowing chamber pot at lower left; reverse copy after hogarth; later impression. Mezzotint printed in brown ink. Date: between 1733 and 1742. Dimensions: Height: 370 mm (trimmed?); Width: 455 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. A Modern Midnight Conversation (BM 2010,7081.2484)