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William Hogarth
William Hogarth (10 November, 1697 – 26 October, 1764) was a major English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures...
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Gin Lane
William Hogarth produced the twin engraving Beer Street and Gin Lane at the height of what became known as the London Gin Craze in 1751. They were printed at the same time as Hogarth's friend Henry Fielding published his contribution to the debate...
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Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête
The Tête à Tête is the second canvas in the series of six satirical paintings known as Marriage à-la-mode, painted by William Hogarth.
The painting is the sparsest in terms of characters present, with only 4:
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Four Times of the Day
Four Times of the Day is a series of four 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...
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Marriage à-la-mode: 1. The Marriage Settlement
The Marriage Settlement is the first in the series of six satirical paintings known as Marriage à-la-mode painted by William Hogarth.
All the main characters are introduced here, at the beginning of the story. Starting with the man under the canopy...
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Marriage à-la-mode: 3. The Inspection
The Inspection is the third canvas in the series of six satirical paintings known as Marriage à-la-mode painted by William Hogarth.
The Viscount, suffering from syphilis, makes a visit to a French doctor.
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Marriage à-la-mode: 4. The Toilette
The Toilette is the fourth canvas in the series of six satirical paintings known as Marriage à-la-mode painted by William Hogarth.
The old Earl has died and the son is now the new Earl and his wife, the Countess. As was the very height of fashion at...
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The Shrimp Girl
The Shrimp Girl is a painting by the English artist William Hogarth (1697–1764). It was painted around 1740–45, and is held by the National Gallery, London.
The painting is a relatively late work by Hogarth, when he experimented with an increasingly...
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Marriage à-la-mode: 5. The Bagnio
The Bagnio is the fifth canvas in the series of six satirical paintings known as Marriage à-la-mode painted by William Hogarth.
The new Earl catches his wife with her lover, Silvertongue, and is fatally wounded by the scoundrel who makes his escape...
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Marriage à-la-mode: 6. The Lady's Death
The Lady's Death is the sixth and final canvas in the series of satirical paintings known as Marriage à-la-mode painted by William Hogarth.
The Countess has returned to her father's house after her husband’s murder. The moral drama is concluded with...
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Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn
Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn is a painting from 1738 by William Hogarth reproduced as an engraving and issued with Four Times of the Day as a five print set in the same year. It depicts a company of actresses preparing for their final...
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Scene from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Scene from Shakespeare's The Tempest is a painting by William Hogarth, an 18th century English painter. Hogarth painted this work as a special project for one of his devoted band of patrons - The Earl of Macclesfield. The painting had hung on the...
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- 1735
The Gate of Calais
The Gate of Calais or O, the Roast Beef of Old England is a 1748 painting by William Hogarth, reproduced as a print from an engraving the next year. Hogarth produced the painting directly after his return from France, where he had been arrested as a...
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- 1748
Characters and Caricaturas
Characters and Caricaturas is a engraving by English artist William Hogarth, that he produced as the subscription ticket for his 1743 series of prints, Marriage à-la-mode, and which was eventually issued as a print in its own right. Critics had...
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The Bench
The Bench is the title of both a 1758 oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist William Hogarth, and a print issued by him in the same year. Unlike many of Hogarth's engravings produced from painted originals, the print differs considerably from...
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The Enraged Musician
The Enraged Musician is a 1741 etching and engraving by English artist William Hogarth which depicts a comic scene of a violinist driven to distraction by the cacophony outside his window. It was issued as companion piece to the third state of his...
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The Distrest Poet
The Distrest Poet is an oil painting produced sometime around 1736 by the British artist William Hogarth. Reproduced as an etching and engraving, it was published in 1741 from a third state plate produced in 1740. The scene was probably inspired by...
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March of the Guards to Finchley
The March of the Guards to Finchley, also known as The March to Finchley or The March of the Guards, is a 1750 oil-on-canvas painting by English artist William Hogarth, owned by the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children since 1750 and now housed at...
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Columbus Breaking the Egg
Columbus Breaking the Egg is a 1752 engraving by English artist William Hogarth. Issued as the subscription ticket for his treatise on art, The Analysis of Beauty, it depicts an apocryphal tale concerning Christopher Columbus's response to...
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Sigismunda mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo
Sigismunda mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo, fully titled Sigismunda mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo, her murder'd Husband, is an oil painting by British artist William Hogarth. Finished in 1759, it was the principal piece of the eight...
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Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse
Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse (originally known as The Artist Painting the Comic Muse) is a painting in the National Portrait Gallery, London by the British artist William Hogarth. It was painted in approximately 1757 and published as a print in...
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An Election Entertainment
"An Election Entertainment" was the first of a series of four oil paintings, titled "The Humours of an Election", by English painter, engraver, and social critic William Hogarth (1697 - 1764). Completed in 1755, this...
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- 1755
Canvassing for Votes
"Canvassing for Votes" was the second of a series of four oil paintings, titled "The Humours of an Election", by English painter, engraver, and social critic William Hogarth (1697 - 1764). Completed in 1755, this painting, along...
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- 1755
The Polling
"The Polling" was the third of a series of four oil paintings, titled "The Humours of an Election", by English painter, engraver, and social critic William Hogarth (1697 - 1764). Completed in 1755, this painting, along with the...
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- 1755
Chairing the Member
"Chairing the Member" was the final of a series of four oil paintings, titled "The Humours of an Election", by English painter, engraver, and social critic William Hogarth (1697 - 1764). Completed in 1755, this painting, along...
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- 1755
Taste in High Life
Taste in High Life is an oil-on-canvas painting (engraving seen on the right) from around 1742, by William Hogarth. The version seen on the right was engraved by Samuel Phillips in 1798, under commission from John Boydell for a posthumous edition of...
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First Stage of Cruelty
"First Stage of Cruelty" is the first of a series of four engraving prints titled "The Four Stages of Cruelty" published by William Hogarth in 1751.
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- 1751
Cruelty in Perfection
"Cruelty in Perfection" is the third of a series of four engraving prints titled "The Four Stages of Cruelty" published by William Hogarth in 1751.
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- 1751
Second Stage of Cruelty
"Second Stage of Cruelty" is the second of a series of four engraving prints titled "The Four Stages of Cruelty" published by William Hogarth in 1751.
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- 1751
The Reward of Cruelty
"The Reward of Cruelty" is the last of a series of four engraving prints titled "The Four Stages of Cruelty" published by William Hogarth in 1751.
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- 1751
A Just View of the British Stage
A Just View of the British Stage or Three Heads are Better than One is a 1724 engraving by English artist William Hogarth. It is a satirical view of the management of British plays and mocks the subjects as degenerate. It forms part of an attack on...
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