The Four Times of Day: Noon, by William Hogarth

An image of (Plate II, State II/II), Etching/engraving, 1738.

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(Plate II, State II/II), Etching/engraving, 1738.

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Accession Number: 22.K.3-23
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Photographer name: Andrew Morris
Image height: 760 pixels
Image width: 636 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
Filesize: 162.25kB
Captured: 2008:08:12 11:57:18

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