Title

'The Bench', 1758. Artist: William Hogarth

Caption

'The Bench', 1758; showing judges sitting in the Court of the King's Bench, with Sir John Willes, Lord Chief Justice, in centre, and Henry Bathurst on his left, asleep.

Date

1758

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A75_483

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,8Mb) / 11,4in x 17,0in / 3426 x 5099 (300dpi)

Keywords

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