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William Hogarth 1697 - 1764.

The Laughing Audience  1733  

Hogarth shows us here an audience of theatre goers at one of the Theatres Royal.  The three figures in the foreground are the musicians.  Behind them are eleven spectators in the pit, where tickets were cheapest.  Most of them are highly amused by the performance.  Above them are two fops in what was probably a side box.  One of them is offering snuff to a lady, another is chatting up an orange seller.  Another orange seller below tries to attract his attention, or perhaps tries to pick his pocket.  


The Laughing Audience

  William Hogarth

British Artist and Engraver

The Laughing Audience.  

Engraving, published   1733
 
 



The Laughing Audience



Source:  Hogarth's Works published by J. Dicks, 313 The Strand, London.  Circa 1880.  

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