Bronze Age Gold from Wales
A children's tea party
HOGARTH, William (1697-1764)
This composition depicts the same children as those in its pendant except that the elder boy is absent. The broken capital behind the drum-playing small boy and the mirror held by his sister are symbols of vanity and decay. At the right, a spaniel upsets the tea table presided over by the two elder girls and their doll. This imagery and the wreath of flowers draped round the garden vase, reminiscent of a funeral urn, may indicate that there has been a death in the family.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 94
Creation/Production
HOGARTH, William
Date: 1730
Acquisition
Gift, 1988
Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Tax and allocated to Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wale
Measurements
Height
(cm): 64.3
Width
(cm): 76.5
Height
(in): 25
Width
(in): 30
h(cm) frame:78
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:91
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:8.0
d(cm)
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
Gallery 04
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