Analysis of Beauty
Artist:
William Hogarth
(English, 1697 - 1764)
Medium: Engraving
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2006.5
DescriptionDepiction of a European ball in a grand hall. Men and women dance in a line. Left foregound shows a pile of tri-corn hats, right foreground shows a tailor sewing a gentleman's pants while he sits. The back wall of the hall is lined with portraits and statuary in Tudor and early modern style. The border is a numbered grid, each section showing a detail of a different drawing study: faces, florals, and textures.
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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