[Before and After]

A handsome pair of prints, showing before and after scenes of a seduction.‘ ... Said to have been commissioned by "a certain vicious nobleman", the pictures contain an element of moralising in that the man in After looks somewhat dazed and unhappy despite his lustful conquest. Hogarth listened to glowing comments on Before and After and saw in such pictures, which combined moralising with titillation, a way to reach the largest possible audience.’ (adapted from Hogarth Biography by Katya Gifford, humanitiesweb.org). The price is for the pair of prints.

Fine condition. Crisp and clean. Good wide margins.