William Hogarth

The Industrious Prentice - Etching by William Hogarth - 1747

1747

Character is an original drawing in China ink and watercolor, realized by an anonymous artist of the 19th century, applied on greenish paper. The state of preservation is good. The...

Etching and aquatint realized by Thomas Rowlandson in 1817. Plate from "The Dance of Life" by William Combe. Very good condition. Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) was an english artis...

Signed and dated on the left lower margin of the plate: “Corn. Dusart fe. 1685”. On Netherlandish watermarked paper. Very good conditions. Bartsch n.16. Beautiful etching describes a scene of ordinary peasant’s life. Passepartout included : 47.5 x 56 cm Cornelis Dusart (Haarlem, 1660 - 1704), Netherlandish painter and engraver, apprentice of Adriaen van Ostade, he was accepted by the Corporation of Saint Luca...

La Manière de se Bien Preparer à La Mort is an etching by Romeyn de Hooghe from the Suite by Chertablon de la Vigne, La manière de se bien preparer à la mort. Antwerp: Gallet 1700. ...

Etching from the series titled "A Harlots Progress" by William Hogarth. The series consists of six paintings and engravings. The story is about a woman named M. Hackabout who arrived in London and started working as a prostitute. The third plate is of her getting arrest for her choice in profession. The series is a satirical story that emphasizes the dangers of being a prostitute and the health risks that come from it. In 18th century engraving, the detail of the black mole on women and men's face is a symbol of the deadly venereal disease, syphilis. In this plate, Hackabout has already contracted the disease and that is why the black dot is visible on her forehead as well as her madam's. In 1828, William Innell Clement published Harlot's Progress in columns on a single page of his newspaper Bell's Life in London #330. The detail with the cross seen in earlier reproductions of the engraving. Dimensions without Frame: H 14.5 in x W 16.5 in. Artist Biography: William Hogarth ( 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects", perhaps best known to be his moral series A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress and Marriage A...

Satire on the South Sea Bubble and British Society by William Hogarth, 1721 Description: This compelling satirical engraving, originally published in 1721 by William Hogarth, is ti...

Hogarth's 1756 England Satirical Print: A Patriotic Masterpiece, Published 1799 This image is a work by William Hogarth titled "England," part of his series "France and England," al...

Hogarth's 1756 "France" Satirical Print: A Scathing Critique Step into the world of 18th-century satire with this rare 1756 William Hogarth print, "France," from his "France and E...