The Laughing Audience, William Hogarth, 1733-1750 (c.)

Copy of an audience of men and women in a theatre pit, all but one man laughing uproariously; above them in a box, two gentleman ignore the stage in favour of an orange girl and another young woman who takes a pinch of snuff; another orange girl reaches from the pit to tug at the sleeve of one of the gentlemen; to left three musicians, protected from the audience by a row of spikes; after hogarth. Etching. Date: 1733-1750 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 190 mm; Width: 170 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. The Laughing Audience (BM 1978,U.3471)