A House of Cards by William Hogarth
A Midnight Modern Conversation by William Hogarth
A Children's Tea Party by William Hogarth
An Election Entertainment, Plate I: Four Prints of an Election by William Hogarth
Beer Street and Gin Lane by William Hogarth
The Enraged Musician by William Hogarth
An Evening at the Rose Tavern, Scene III by William Hogarth
Southwark Fair by William Hogarth
Hudibras and the Lawyer (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 12) by William Hogarth
A Club of Gentlemen by William Hogarth
Sr. Hudibras, His Passing Worth, The Manner How He Sally'd Forth": Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 2 by William Hogarth
Tailpiece, or The Bathos by William Hogarth

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About William Hogarth

British · 1697–1764

Invented the comic strip three centuries early, lobbied Parliament for copyright law, and painted a shrimp girl that anticipated Impressionism by a hundred years.

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Portrait of William Hogarth
Museums60
Countries4
Most worksYale Center for British Art, New Haven · 13 works
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William Hogarth prints

Hand-finished archival prints from William Hogarth's body of work.

The Reward of Cruelty - William Hogarth - Poster The Reward of Cruelty - William Hogarth From £28.00 The Analysis of Beauty, Plate 1 - William Hogarth - Poster The Analysis of Beauty, Plate 1 - William Hogarth From £28.00 A Midnight Modern Conversation - William Hogarth - Poster A Midnight Modern Conversation - William Hogarth From £28.00 First Stage of Cruelty - William Hogarth - Poster First Stage of Cruelty - William Hogarth From £37.00 Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn - William Hogarth - Poster Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn - William Hogarth From £28.00 The Rake and His Family in Debtor's Prison - William Hogarth - Poster The Rake and His Family in Debtor's Prison - William Hogarth From £37.00 The Rake Spends His Inheritance - William Hogarth - Poster The Rake Spends His Inheritance - William Hogarth From £37.00 The Distrest Poet - William Hogarth - Poster The Distrest Poet - William Hogarth From £28.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Where did William Hogarth live?
    William Hogarth was born in London in 1697. One summer day, he went on an excursion to Highgate with some companions.
  • Who was William Hogarth?
    William Hogarth was a painter and engraver who lived from 1697 to 1764. Influenced by contemporary satirists like Fielding and Swift, he invented a new genre: the comic strip, or a sequence of anecdotal pictures that poked fun at the foibles of the day.
  • What did William Hogarth do?
    William Hogarth exemplified a comical, satirical social outlook on English society in English painting. He considered himself to be a “comic history painter” who could entertain while improving the mind, and his narrative images were very satirical.
  • Why does William Hogarth use iconography?
    William Hogarth would paint edifying stories and warning examples in such a way that anyone who saw the series of pictures would understand all the incidents and the lessons they taught. His paintings showed a 'Rake's Progress' from profligacy and idleness to crime and death, or 'The Four Stages of Cruelty' from a boy teasing a cat to a grown-up's brutal murder.
  • Is William Hogarth rococo?
    William Hogarth's example frustrates any attempt to view the English Rococo in a definitive or simplistic way. His early training was with an ornamental engraver, and he advocated a concept of beauty based on the sinuous line.
  • William Hogarth most famous work?
    William Hogarth's sardonic series of paintings that mocked high society gained wide recognition. One such story tells of a girl who arrives in London only to be lured into a more lucrative career as a prostitute.
  • What was William Hogarth known for?
    William Hogarth is known for satirising contemporary society in his paintings and engravings. He considered himself to be a dramatist in paint, and his works gained wide recognition, as he made engravings from them.
  • William Hogarth art movement?
    William Hogarth's example frustrates any attempt to view the English Rococo in a definitive or simplistic way. His early training was with an ornamental engraver, and he advocated a concept of beauty based on the sinuous line.

Sources

Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of William Hogarth's works across the following collections.

  1. [1] museum Brooklyn Museum Used for: museum holdings.
  2. [2] museum Toledo Museum of Art Used for: museum holdings.
  3. [3] museum Buffalo AKG Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
  4. [4] museum Government Art Collection Used for: museum holdings.
  5. [5] museum Burrell Collection Used for: museum holdings.
  6. [6] museum Harris Museum Used for: museum holdings.
  7. [7] book Howard Simon, 500 Years of Illustration Used for: biography, museum holdings.
  8. [8] book Susie Hodge, Art Used for: stylistic analysis.
  9. [9] book Palmer, Allison Lee, Historical Dictionary of Neoclassical Art and Architecture Used for: biography.
  10. [10] book Allison Lee Palmer, Historical Dictionary of Neoclassical Art and Architecture Used for: biography, museum holdings.
  11. [11] book Milam, Jennifer Dawn, Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art Used for: biography, museum holdings, stylistic analysis.
  12. [12] book Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909-2001, The story of art Used for: biography.
  13. [13] book E. H. Gombrich, The Story of Art - 16th Edition Used for: biography.

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