ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The GrotesqueWilliam Hogarth,

British Painter (1697-1764)

Hogarth on Mark Hardin’s

Artchive

The London of William Hogarth

ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The GrotesqueWilliam Hogarth

Hogarth, William: English painter and engraver. He was one of the leading British artists of the first half of the 18th century. He was trained as an engraver and by 1720 had established his own business printing billheads, book illustrations and funeral tickets. In his spare time he learnt to paint, firstly at St. Martin's Lane Academy and then under Sir James Thornhill, whose daughter he married in 1729. He made a name for himself with small family groups (e.g. The Wollaston Family, 1730, H.C. Wollaston's Trustees) and conversation pieces (e.g. The Beggar's Opera, one of several versions, c1729, London, Tate Gallery). Around this time he also set himself up as a portrait painter. Shortly afterwards, in c1731, he executed his first series of modern morality paintings, a totally new concept intended for wider dissemination through engraving. A Harlot's Progress (six scenes, destroyed by fire) was followed by A Rake's Progress (c1735, eight scenes, London, Sir John Soane's Museum) and Marriage a la Mode (c1743, six scenes, London, National Gallery). So popular were the engravings of the first series that they were soon pirated, and Hogarth'ssubsequent campaign against the pirates led to the Copyright Act of 1735.

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ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The GrotesqueThe Graham Children

ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque

Gin Lane

Gin and Hogarth

ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque

First Stage of Cruelty

The Four Stages of Cruelty

ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque

ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque

William HogarthThe Four Stages of Cruelty:

Second Stage of Cruelty

The Four Stages of Cruelty

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Culture: The Grotesque

ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque

William HogarthThe Four Stages of Cruelty:

Cruelty in Perfection

The Four Stages of Cruelty

ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque

ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque

William HogarthThe Four Stages of Cruelty: The

Reward of Cruelty

The Four Stages of Cruelty

ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque