William Hogarth artwork from the series Four Times of the Day completed in 1736 and 1738 - Night
Night is set in a narrow street in Charing Cross, with Le Sueur’s equestrian statue of Charles I in the background. The street is occupied by two taverns, the Earl of Cardigan on the left and the Rummer Tavern on the right, both of which functioned as Freemason Lodges in the 1730s. The foreground is dominated by the figure of a drunken Freemason being helped home. By tradition, he is Sir Thomas de Veil, a magistrate who was well known at the time for the severity of his sentencing, in particular for gin-sellers. Ironically, he is too drunk to notice the chaos around him, with the bonfire overturning a coach - TATE
Size: 2704px × 3263px
Photo credit: © steeve-x-art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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