Lancret's Party

Lancret's Luncheon party or Pleasure party

Art

Painting

The Pleasure Party by Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743)

A Rake's Progress by William Hogarth (1697-1794) completed (he began his eight scenes in 1732)

Also his

The Good Samaritan?
The orgy
The Distressed Poet

Parliament passes a Copyright Act (Hogarth Act) to protect artists against pirating of their work in cheap copies. Hogarth had withheld his Rake's Progress pending enactment of the new legislation.

Boy with a Top by Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin (1699-1779)