William Hogarth

English · 1697–1764 · Painter, Printmaker

William Hogarth was an English painter, engraver, cartoonist, and satirist. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern… (Wikipedia)

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William Hogarth 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. Familiarity with his work is so widespread that satirical political illustrations in this style are often referred to as "Hogarthian".

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Born 1697, LondonDied 1764, LondonOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q171344 ↗ULAN 500004242 ↗Museum works 24

French Realism

Also known as Guglielmo Hogarth, Hogard, Hogardt, Hogart, Hogarth, hogarth sir w., hogarth w., Horarth and 3 other name forms

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

William Hogarth, Simon Lord Lovat — **Simon Lord Lovat**1746 · etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

William Hogarth, Gulielmus Hogarth — **Gulielmus Hogarth**1748/1749 · etching and engraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

William Hogarth, Characters and Caricaturas — **Characters and Caricaturas**1743 · etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

William Hogarth, An Election Entertainment — **An Election Entertainment**1755 · etching and engraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

William Hogarth, The Polling — **The Polling**1758 · etching and engraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

William Hogarth, Chairing the Members — **Chairing the Members**1758 · etching and engraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

William Hogarth, Portrait of Hannah, Daughter of John Ranby Snr — **Portrait of Hannah, Daughter of John Ranby Snr**1749
Tate ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Tate

William Hogarth, Portrait of George Osborne, later John Ranby Jnr — **Portrait of George Osborne, later John Ranby Jnr**1749
Tate ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Tate

William Hogarth, The Dance (The Happy Marriage ?VI: The Country Dance) — **The Dance (The Happy Marriage ?VI: The Country Dance)**1745
Tate ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Tate

William Hogarth, Head of a Lady, Called Lady Pembroke — **Head of a Lady, Called Lady Pembroke**1740
Tate ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Tate

William Hogarth, Thomas Herring, Archbishop of Canterbury — **Thomas Herring, Archbishop of Canterbury**1745
Tate ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Tate

William Hogarth, Ashley Cowper with his Wife and Daughter — **Ashley Cowper with his Wife and Daughter**1731
Tate ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Tate

William Hogarth, Thomas Pellett, M.D. — **Thomas Pellett, M.D.**1737
Tate ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Tate

William Hogarth, Three Ladies in a Grand Interior (‘The Broken Fan’), possibly Catherine Darnley, Duchess of Buckingham with Two Ladies — **Three Ladies in a Grand Interior (‘The Broken Fan’), possibly Catherine Darnley, Duchess of Buckingham with Two Ladies**1736
Tate ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Tate

William Hogarth, Plate One, from The Analysis of Beauty — **Plate One, from The Analysis of Beauty**1753 · Etching and engraving in black on cream laid paper (now in two parts, with the right side laid down on front book cover)
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Kenneth Shopen — public domain (CC0)

William Hogarth, Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn — **Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn**May 1738 · Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Horace S. Oakley — public domain (CC0)

William Hogarth, A Midnight Modern Conversation — **A Midnight Modern Conversation**March 1732/33 · Etching and engraving selectively printed in black and red on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endo…

William Hogarth, Burning the Rumps at Temple Bar, plate eleven from Hudibras — **Burning the Rumps at Temple Bar, plate eleven from Hudibras**February 1725/26 · Engraving in black on cream laid paper edge mounted on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Sara R. Shorey Endowment; purchased with funds prov…

William Hogarth, Hudibras and the Lawyer, plate twelve from Hudibras — **Hudibras and the Lawyer, plate twelve from Hudibras**February 1725/26 · Etching and engraving in black on cream paper edge, mounted on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Sara R. Shorey Endowment; purchased with funds prov…

William Hogarth, Plate one, from A Harlot's Progress — **Plate one, from A Harlot's Progress**1732, reworked/reissued 1744 · Copperplate
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Edison Dick — public domain (CC0)

William Hogarth, The Tête à Tête — **The Tête à Tête**1745 · etching and engraving
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Curtiss Rose — Open Acce…

William Hogarth, The Four Times of Day: Night — **The Four Times of Day: Night**1738 · engraving
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, L. E. Holden Fund — Open Access (CC0)

William Hogarth, Marriage à la Mode: The Death of the Countess — **Marriage à la Mode: The Death of the Countess**1745 · engraving
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Curtiss Rose — Open Acce…

Artist record compiled from: auction results, Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

William Hogarth

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