The Battle of the Pictures (BM 1868,0822.1566)
Summary
Bidder's ticket for an auction of paintings by Hogarth with ranks of copies of old master paintings stacked outside Cock's auction house attacking paintings by Hogarth as they emerge from his studio: a weeping Magdalene spears the third scene of A Harlot's Progress, a procession of Bacchus encounters Midnight Modern Conversation, and so on. 1745
Etching
Date
1850 - 1950
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain