Evening, William Hogarth, 1738

Copy of scene at sadler's wells with a dyer and his wife walking with their dog beside the new river; the wife holds a fan with a design of venus and adonis, the husband carries a small child, a somewhat older boy stands behind them in tears because his sister is demanding the gingerbread figure he holds; behind them is a young woman holding a shoe and a cow being milked by another woman; to the right is a tavern with the sign of sir hugh middleton's head, two women and a man are in the tavern garden, other figures are visible through the window, and a grape vine is climbing up towards the roof; after hogarth. 1738 etching and engraving; the woman's face and breast printed in red, the dyer's hands in blue. Date: 1738. Dimensions: Height: 478 mm; Width: 377 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Sir Hugh Myddelton. Collection: British Museum. Evening (BM S,2.58)