William Hogarth

1697–1764 · Kingdom of Great Britain · Realism

William Hogarth (10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, cartoonist, and satirist. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects", and he is perhaps best known for his series A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress and Marriage A-la-Mode. Wikipedia

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Satirical series of moral tales, crowded scenes full of detail, comic types and London vice.

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“A Harlot's Progress”, 1732
“Marriage à-la-mode”, 1743 — National Gallery
“Beer Street and Gin Lane”, 1751 — Victoria and Albert Museum
“A Rake's Progress”, 1732 — Sir John Soane's Museum
“Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn”, 1738 — British Museum
“Beer Street”, 1751 — Yale Center for British Art
“The Shrimp Girl”, 1743 — National Gallery
“The Graham Children”, 1742 — National Gallery
“Marriage A-la-Mode: 2. The Tête à Tête”, 1743 — National Gallery
“Four Times of the Day”, 1736
“Satire on False Perspective”, 1754
“Before and After”, 1731 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“The Painter and his Pug (Self-portrait)”, 1745 — National Gallery
“The Orgy”, 1735 — Sir John Soane's Museum
“Marriage A-la-Mode: 4. The Toilette”, 1743 — National Gallery
“Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism”, 1762
“Marriage A-la-Mode: 6. The Lady's Death”, 1743 — National Gallery
“Hogarth's Servants”, 1752 — National Gallery
“Emblematical Print on the South Sea Scheme”, 1721 — British Museum
“The Gate of Calais”, 1748 — National Gallery
“The Strode Family”, 1738 — National Gallery
“Marriage A-la-Mode: 3. The Inspection”, 1743 — National Gallery
“The Distrest Poet”, 1736 — Birmingham Museums Trust
“Sigismunda mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo”, 1759 — National Gallery
“The March of the Guards to Finchley”, 1750 — Foundling Museum
“David Garrick as Richard III”, 1745 — Walker Art Gallery
“The Bad Taste of the Town”, 1724 — British Museum
“Marriage A-la-Mode: 5. The Bagnio”, 1743 — National Gallery
“The Enraged Musician”, 1741 — Victoria and Albert Museum
“The Lady's Last Stake”, 1759 — Buffalo AKG Art Museum
“A Just View of the British Stage”, 1724 — Victoria and Albert Museum
“Scene from Shakespeare's The Tempest”, 1736 — National Trust
“Taste in High Life”, 1742 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“The Company of Undertakers”, 1736 — Yale Center for British Art
“The Bench”, 1758 — Fitzwilliam Museum
“Assembly at Wanstead House”, 1731 — Philadelphia Museum of Art
“Characters and Caricaturas”, 1743 — British Museum
“Columbus Breaking the Egg”, 1752
“Portrait of Captain Thomas Coram”, 1740 — Foundling Museum
“Captain Lord George Graham in his Cabin”, 1745 — Royal Museums Greenwich

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