Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn

1738 Platemark: 45 x 56.5 cm (17 11/16 x 22 1/4 in.); Sheet: 48.8 x 62.6 cm (19 3/16 x 24 5/8 in.) Source image
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Known for his satire, William Hogarth considered this print a protest of British prime minister Robert Walpole’s Licensing Act of 1737, which gave the government power to heavily censor theatrical productions. A reference to the act appears on a large crown in the left foregro...

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