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List Of Works By William Hogarth
This is a list of works by William Hogarth by publication date (if known). As a printmaker Hogarth often employed other engravers to produce his work and frequently revised his works between one print run and the next, so it is often difficult to accurately differentiate between works by (or for) Hogarth and those in the style of or "after". Some of the less likely, possible, doubtful works and those formerly identified as Hogarth's works are listed at the end. Numbers in square brackets refer to the catalogue numbers in Ronald Paulson's third edition of ''Hogarth's Graphic Works'' (those with asterisks are classified as "After Hogarth" by Paulson). The works are all paintings, prints or drawings, apart from Hogarth's 1753 book ''The Analysis of Beauty''. 1720s *Tatton Coat of Arms (early) *Benefit ticket for Spiller (1720?) *Shop card (1720)—advertising Hogarth's own engraving shop *Shop card for Hardy (early) *Funeral ticket (c.1721-36) 2*Shop card for Ellis Gamble (c. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hogarth
William Hogarth (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, social critic, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art. 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''. Knowledge of his work is so pervasive that satirical political illustrations in this style are often referred to as "Hogarthian". Hogarth was born in London to a lower-middle-class family. In his youth he took up an apprenticeship with an engraver, but did not complete the apprenticeship. His father underwent periods of mixed fortune, and was at one time imprisoned in lieu of outstanding debts, an event that is thought to have informed William's paintings and prints with a hard edge. Influenced by French and Italian painting and engraving, Hogarth's works are mostly sat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Midnight Modern Conversation
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Graham Children
''The Graham Children'' is an oil painting completed by William Hogarth in 1742. It is a group portrait depicting the four children of Daniel Graham (apothecary), Daniel Graham, apothecary to George II of Great Britain, King George II. The youngest child had died by the time the painting was completed. Provenance The painting was in the ownership of Richard Robert Graham, depicted on the far right of the painting, at least until his death in 1816. It then had several owners before it was acquired by Lord Duveen who presented it to the British National Gallery in 1934.''The Tate Gallery: An Illustrated Companion to the National Collections of British & Modern Foreign Art''. London: Tate Gallery, 1979, p. 15. Composition ''The Graham Children'' is a conversation piece, an informal group portrait of family or friends, often engaged in conversation or some other kind of activity, though the painting is larger than a typical work of that type. From left to right in the picture ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Hogarth's works, but Phillips's final, third state was not published until 1808. Analysis The work, a forerunner of '' Marriage à-la-mode'', was intended to satirise and poke fun at the types of dress and garbs that were in fashion at the time, and the superficiality of the tastes and nature of the aristocracy in general. Several figures are seen in the painting, all of whom are dressed in heavily caricatured renditions of the fashion that reigned in the 1740s. Most prominently exhibited is an elderly woman wearing a sacque covered with satirically overblown roses expanded by a large hoop. Standing near her is an opulently dressed man, thought to be "Beau" Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore (the dress he wears is said to be t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 print of '' The Distrest Poet''. Background In November 1740, Hogarth advertised his intention to issue a three-image set: ''The Provok'd Musician'', '' The Distrest Poet'', and a third image on the subject of "Painting". The third image was never completed, and the two other prints were issued together in November 1741. The engraving appears to be based on an oil sketch held in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, though there are some differences between the monochrome sketch and the engraving. Picture The image is ostensibly a purely comic scene. While the violinist attempts to rehearse, the noisiest inhabitants of London pass by his window. On the far left a squawking parrot perches above a pregnant ballad-seller singing "The Ladie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shrimp Girl
''The Shrimp Girl'' is a painting by the English people, English artist William Hogarth. It was painted around 1740–1745, and is held by the National Gallery (London), National Gallery, London. The painting, a relatively late work by Hogarth, is one of several in which he experimented with a loose, almost Impressionism, impressionistic style comparable to the work of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Fragonard. In its subject matter, it resembles the prints of hawkers and traders popular in Hogarth's day. The painting depicts a woman selling shellfish on the streets of London, typically a job for the wives and daughters of fishmongers who owned stalls in markets such as Billingsgate. The subject balances a large basket on her head, bearing shrimps and mussels, together with a half-pint pewter pot as a measure. Its size suggests that it was intended as a portrait, rather than a sketch for a larger work. It is not strictly finished and was still in Hogarth's estate after his death. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Coram
Captain Thomas Coram (c. 1668 – 29 March 1751) was an English sea captain and philanthropist who created the London Foundling Hospital in Lamb's Conduit Fields, Bloomsbury, to look after abandoned children on the streets of London. It is said to be the world's first incorporated charity. Early life Thomas Coram was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. His father is believed to have been a master mariner. He was sent to sea at age 11. As such, he never received a proper education. In 1694, he was settled in what is now Dighton, Massachusetts, then part of Taunton. Coram lived in Dighton for ten years, founding a shipyard there. By a deed dated 8 December 1703, he gave of land at Taunton to be used for a schoolhouse, whenever the people should desire the establishment of the Church of England. In the deed, he is described as "of Boston, sometimes residing in Taunton", and he seems to have been a shipwright. He gave some books to form a library at St. Thomas' Church, Taunton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hogarth 053
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strolling Actresses Dressing In A Barn
''Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn'' is a painting from 1738 by British artist William Hogarth. It was reproduced as an engraving and issued with ''Four Times of the Day'' as a five print set in the same year. The painting depicts a company of actresses preparing for their final performance before the troupe is disbanded as a result of the Licensing Act 1737. Brought in as a result of John Gay's ''Beggar's Opera'' of 1728, which had linked Robert Walpole with the notorious criminal Jonathan Wild, the Licensing Act made it compulsory for new plays to be approved by the Lord Chamberlain, and, more importantly for the characters depicted, closed any non- patent theatres. The majority of the painting was completed before the Act was passed in 1737, but its passing into law was no surprise and it was the work of a moment for Hogarth to insert a reference to the Act itself into the picture. While not part of the ''Four Times of the Day'' series, it appears that it was Hogarth's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Times Of The Day
''Four Times of the Day'' is a series of four oil paintings by English artist William Hogarth. They were completed in 1736 and in 1738 were reproduced and published as a series of four engravings. 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 city in a humorous manner. Hogarth does not offer a judgment on whether the rich or poor are more deserving of the viewer's sympathies. In each scene, while the upper and middle classes tend to provide the focus, there are fewer moral comparisons than seen in some of his other works. Their dimensions are about by each. The four pictures depict scenes of daily life in various locations in London as the day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Company Of Undertakers
''A Consultation of Physicians, or The Company of Undertakers'' is a 1736 engraving by William Hogarth that satirizes the medical profession. It depicts a coat of arms with three notorious quacks of the time― John Taylor, Sarah Mapp, and Joshua Ward—seated at the top of the shield and twelve physicians below, implying that the quacks and the physicians are one and the same. The blazon at the bottom of the print reads: The ''company'' of ''undertakers'' beareth, sable, a ''urinal'', proper, between twelve ''quack-heads'' of the second, and twelve ''cane-heads'', or ''consultant''. On a chief, ''nebulae'', ermine, one complete ''doctor'', issuant, checkie, sustaining, in his right hand, a baton of the second. On his dexter and sinister sides two ''demi-doctors'', issuant, of the second, and two ''cane-heads'', issuant of the third; the first having one eye, couchant, towards the dexter side of the escutcheon; the second, ''faced'', per pale, proper, and gules guardant. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Alexander Pope's satirical poem ''The Dunciad''. It depicts a scene in a small, dingy attic room where a poet sits at his desk in the dormer and, scratching his head, stares at the papers on the desk before him, evidently looking for inspiration to complete the poem he is writing. Near him sits his wife darning clothes, surprised by the entrance of a milkmaid, who impatiently demands payment of debts. Background The engraving of ''The Distrest Poet'' in its third state was issued on 15 December 1741 as a companion piece to ''The Enraged Musician'', a comic scene of a violinist driven to distraction by the noise from the street outside his practice room. The initial plate for ''The Distrest Poet'' was produced soon after Hogart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
