Before
1730-1731
William Hogarth’s cheeky scene captures the chaotic moments just before a seduction, where a disheveled gentleman in bright orange breeches sits on the edge of a bed looking up with surprise. A woman in a floral dress pauses her toilette at the vanity to attend to him, while a little spaniel in the corner seems just as flustered by the interruption. This painting is the first half of a famous 'Before and After' pair, serving as a moralizing (and hilarious) warning about the consequences of illicit romance in 18th-century London.
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