Four Times of the Day Four Times of the Day Four Times of the Day is a series of four oil paintings by English artist William Hogarth. Completed in 1736, they were reproduced as a series of four engravings published in 1738. They are humorous depictions of life in the streets of London, the vagaries of fashion, and the interactions between the rich and poor. Unlike many of Hogarth's other series, such as "A Harlot's Progress", "A Rake's Progress", "Industry and Idleness", and "The Four Stages of Cruelty", it does not depict the story of an individual, but instead focuses on the society of the
Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925 Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925 Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925 was the first major exhibition of Persian art in Qajar era which took place from October 1998 to June 1999 at Brooklyn Museum in New York. The curator of the exhibition was Layla S. Diba, Hagop Kevorkian Curator of Islamic Art at the Brooklyn Museum, a scholar of Persian art in the 18th and 19th century, assisted by Maryam Ekhtiar, Research Associate at Brooklyn Museum. The exhibition later took place at UCLA/Hammer Museum in Los Angeles from Feb 24 - May 9, 1999, and SOAS in