2-705-931 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'A Night Scene', 1809, (1827). A man, looking dishevelled and the worse for wear, is brought home by constables as a dog barks at his feet. The women of the house have been waiting up: his wife weeps by the fire. 'The Downright Ingenious Sketch, published herewith supposedly for the First Time'. 'From an Original Sketch Communicated by Messrs. Boydell'. [Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, London, 1809]. From "The Works of Wiliam Hogarth", Volume II, by The Rev. John Trusler. [J. Goodwin, London, 1827]