Night
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Author(s):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
- Contributor(s):
- Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818., engraver
- Publication:
- London : G.G. & J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row, 1798 Feb. 1
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Abstract:
- A drunken magistrate stumbles down Charing Cross Road, oblivious to the shower falling from an emptied chamberpot; to the grimacing patient undergoing treatment in the window behind him; and to the fire, homelessness, and wreckage of the disintegrating city around him.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 print : 55 x 42 cm.
- Provenance:
- Purchase; 1965.
- Technique:
- engraving, color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101394169 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A024192
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101394169