Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Title:
Operation Scene in a Hospital with Subsidiary Sketches in the Margin at the Lower Right
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 15 5/8 inches (29.8 x 39.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Sketch for the Harlots Progress | but never engraved"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1255
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
physicians | women | science | medicine | hospital | birdcages (furniture components) | kerchiefs | dresses | sheets (bed coverings) | beds (furniture) | tables (support furniture) | genre subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, v.1: p. 203, no. 391, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9854