The Battle of the Pictures, William Hogarth, 1745

Bidder's ticket for an auction of paintings by hogarth with ranks of copies of old master paintings stacked outside cock's auction house attacking paintings by hogarth as they emerge from his studio: a weeping magdalene spears the third scene of a harlot's progress, a procession of bacchus encounters midnight modern conversation, and so on. 1745 etching. Date: 1745. Dimensions: Height: 201 mm; Width: 213 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Christopher Cock. Collection: British Museum. The Battle of the Pictures (BM Cc,1.137 1)

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