Bowl, with a depiction of ‘A Midnight Modern Conversation’ by William Hogarth (1697-1764)

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1760

By copying Hogarth’s A Midnight Modern Conversation on a punchbowl, an illusion of infinity is created, as it were (a scene within a scene within a scene, etc). After all, a comparable punchbowl features on the table in the scene depicted.

  • Artwork typebowl, eating & drinking utensils
  • Object numberBK-1959-10
  • Dimensionsheight 16.0 cm x diameter 30.0 cm