Le Coeur after William Hogarth
Auction of Pictures, Etc.
London ca. 1830
Etching
140 x 190 mm
£75
An interesting scene at an auction house. The auctioneer stands at the rostrum with his gavel raised, below him a boy holds up the picture being offered. A large crowd of seated and standing ladies and gentlemen fill the room, a dog sits in the foreground watching the proceedings.