# The 18th century

Time and place · hang 749 · 347 works

Works made in the 18th century, anywhere in the world.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## First room, north wall

1. [Princess and attendant in trompe l’oeil window](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/princess-and-attendant-in-trompe-l-oeil-window-cma-132821), Aqil Khan, c. 1765. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/princess-and-attendant-in-trompe-l-oeil-window-cma-132821?hang=749)
2. [The Choristers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-choristers-nga-53149), Alessandro Magnasco, c. 1740/1745. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/the-choristers-nga-53149?hang=749)
3. [Women and Children Viewing the Fireworks](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/women-and-children-viewing-the-fireworks-aic-24478), Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1798. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/women-and-children-viewing-the-fireworks-aic-24478?hang=749)
4. [A Young Woman Buying a Pink from a Young Man](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-young-woman-buying-a-pink-from-a-young-man-cma-117766), Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1740. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/a-young-woman-buying-a-pink-from-a-young-man-cma-117766?hang=749)

## First room, south wall

5. [The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as the Otomos' Maid Wakakusa, Actually Prince Korehito](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-actor-segawa-tomisaburo-ii-as-the-otomos-maid-wakakusa-a-met-37180), Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794–75. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/the-actor-segawa-tomisaburo-ii-as-the-otomos-maid-wakakusa-a-met-37180?hang=749)
6. [A Courtesan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-courtesan-met-40601), Kitagawa Utamaro. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/a-courtesan-met-40601?hang=749)
7. [François Tronchin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/francois-tronchin-cma-149399), Jean Etienne Liotard, 1757. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/francois-tronchin-cma-149399?hang=749)
8. [The Marquesa de Pontejos](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-marquesa-de-pontejos-nga-92), Francisco Goya, c. 1786. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/the-marquesa-de-pontejos-nga-92?hang=749)

## Second room, south wall

9. [Delaying the announcement of dawn](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/delaying-the-announcement-of-dawn-aic-20948), Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/delaying-the-announcement-of-dawn-aic-20948?hang=749)
10. [Charles IV of Spain as Huntsman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/charles-iv-of-spain-as-huntsman-nga-93), Unrecorded Spanish maker, c. 1799/1800. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/charles-iv-of-spain-as-huntsman-nga-93?hang=749)
11. [The Shika Teahouse](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-shika-teahouse-cma-95355), Utagawa Toyokuni, early 1790s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/the-shika-teahouse-cma-95355?hang=749)
12. [Two Studies of a Right Hand](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-studies-of-a-right-hand-aic-249662), Thomas Lawrence, July 26, 1800. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/two-studies-of-a-right-hand-aic-249662?hang=749)

## Second room, north wall

13. [The Actor Morita Kanya VIII as Tatsugorō](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-actor-morita-kanya-viii-as-tatsugoro-met-55241), Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1794 (Kansei 6). Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/the-actor-morita-kanya-viii-as-tatsugoro-met-55241?hang=749)
14. [Procession in the Courtyard of the Ducal Palace, Venice](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/procession-in-the-courtyard-of-the-ducal-palace-venice-nga-32586), Antonio Joli, 1742 or after. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/procession-in-the-courtyard-of-the-ducal-palace-venice-nga-32586?hang=749)

## Third room, north wall

15. [The Doll Festival, Third Day of the Third Month](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-doll-festival-third-day-of-the-third-month-met-54565), Kubo Shunman, 19th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/the-doll-festival-third-day-of-the-third-month-met-54565?hang=749)
16. [Captain John Gell](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/captain-john-gell-met-16781), Gilbert Stuart, 1785. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18/captain-john-gell-met-16781?hang=749)

## Doors

- [Gilbert Stuart's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-gilbert-stuart?hang=749&via=continue) (8 works)
- [More Romanticism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/romanticism?hang=749&via=continue) (32 works)
- [The 18th century, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiNG9YZDlwbjgifQ)