Artist: William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Nationality: British
Movement: English School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
After an apprenticeship to engraver, Ellis Gamble, William Hogarth began his own business in 1720. He took draughtsmanship lessons from Sir James Thornhill, although he had originally intended to pursue copper-plate engravings. In 1724, Hogarth began creating plates for booksellers. He then created individual prints before beginning a career as a portraitist in 1730. Several years after taking up painting, he began to create the satirical looks at society’s life and morals for which he is known.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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William Hogarth Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse Etching and engraving 1764
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The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox, 1729 William Hogarth (British, 1697-1764)Oil on canvas;
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Samuel Ireland Portrait of William Hogarth 1764
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William Hogarth After 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Before 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth The Bench Etching and engraving 1758
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William Hogarth The Five Orders of Periwigs Etching 1761
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William Hogarth Laughing Audience Etching 1733
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William Hogarth Characters and Caricatures Etching 1743
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William Hogarth The Bruiser Etching and engraving 1763
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William Hogarth John Wilkes, Esq Etching 1763
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William Hogarth The Battle of the Pictures Etching 1744 - 1745
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William Hogarth Simon Lord Lovat Etching 1746
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William Hogarth O The Roast Beef of Old England Engraving and etching 1749
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William Hogarth Tailpiece, or The Bathos Etching and engraving 1764
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William Hogarth The Bench Etching and engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth 12 Illustrations for Beaver's "Roman Military Punishments" 1725
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William Hogarth Scholars at a Lecture Etching and engraving 1736 - 1737
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William Hogarth Southwark Fair Etching and engraving 1733 - 1734
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William Hogarth The Enraged Musician Etching and engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth The Distressed Poet etching and engraving 1736 - 1737
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William Hogarth Columbus Breaking the Egg Etching 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Untitled (woman boarding a carraige) etching and engraving 1747
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William Hogarth Enthusiam Delineated Etching and engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth One of Four Prints of an Election: The Polling (plate III) etching, engraving 1758
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William Hogarth A Harlot's Progress: Plate II etching and engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth A Harlot's Progress: Plate VI etching and engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth The Times, Plate II Etching and engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth A Harlot's Progress: Plate I etching and engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth A Harlot's Progress: Plate III etching and engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth A Harlot's Progress: Plate IV etching and engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth A Harlot's Progress: Plate V etching and engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth The Enraged Musician Etching and engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth A Harlot's Progress, plate I etching and engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth One of Four Prints of an Election: An Election Entertainment (plate I) etching, engraving 1758
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William Hogarth Rake's Progress: Plate VII etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth One of Four Prints of an Election: Canvassing for Votes (plate II) etching, engraving 1758
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William Hogarth One of Four Prints of an Election: Chairing the Members (plate IV) etching, engraving 1758
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William Hogarth Rake's Progress: Plate VI etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth One of Four Prints of an Election: The Polling (plate III) etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Marriage a la Mode- Plate III etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Marriage a la Mode- Plate II etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi The Shrimp Girl, after Hogarth Etching and stipple engraving 1782
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William Hogarth Marriage a la Mode- Plate IV etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth One of Four Prints of an Election: The Polling (plate III) etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Marriage a la Mode- Plate II etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Marriage a la Mode- Plate VI etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Marriage a la Mode- Plate V etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Marriage a la Mode- Plate III etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Marriage a la Mode- Plate I etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Marriage a la Mode- Plate VI etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Marriage a la Mode- Plate IV etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Marriage a la Mode- Plate V etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Marriage a la Mode- Plate I etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Time Smoking a Picture Etching and mezzotint 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Four Heads from the Raphael Cartoons at Hampton Court Etching circa 1729
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William Hogarth - After 1731 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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William Hogarth A Harlot's Progress: Plate IV (Set B) etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Rake's Progress: Plate II etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Rake's Progress: Plate I etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Rake's Progress: Plate III etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth A Harlot's Progress: Plate V (Set B) etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Rake's Progress: Plate IV etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Rake's Progress: Plate V etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth A Harlot's Progress: Plate III (Set B) etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth A Harlot's Progress: Plate II (Set B) etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth A Harlot's Progress: Plate I (Set B) etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth A Harlot's Progress: Plate VI (Set B) etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth One of Four Prints of an Election: An Election Entertainment (plate I) etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth Rake's Progress: Plate VIII etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth One of Four Prints of an Election: Canvassing for Votes (plate II) etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth One of Four Prints of an Election: Chairing the Members (plate IV) etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth One of Four Prints of an Election: Canvassing for Votes (plate II) etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth - Before 1730-1731 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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William Hogarth One of Four Prints of an Election: Chairing the Members (plate IV) etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth One of Four Prints of an Election: An Election Entertainment (plate I) etching, engraving 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth The Worksärestored by James Heathä (London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822) book with engravings 1822
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William Hogarth The Worksärestored by James Heathä (London: Baldwin & Cradock, [1837-38?]) book with engravings 1837 - 1838
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William Hogarth 3 Characters/ 4 Caricaturas, pl. 57 in the book The Artist's Vade-Mecum (London: R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1776) Engraving 1776
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William Hogarth - Unknown Man 1740's oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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William Hogarth - The Bench 1753-1754 oil on canvas, marou The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Waterford Factory Sylabub (Hogarth) glass glass circa 1780
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Waterford Factory Sylabub (Hogarth) glass glass circa 1780
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William Hogarth, English, 1697-1764 Morning (from "The Times of Day") 1738 Engraving and etching Platemark:
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William Hogarth - Head of a Lady 1720-1764 black and red chalk Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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William Hogarth - Chairing the Members 1758 etching Arkansas Arts Center British
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William Hogarth - First Stage of Cruelty 1751 engraving Arkansas Arts Center British
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William Hogarth - Cruelty in Perfection c. 1750 engraving Arkansas Arts Center British
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William Hogarth - The Reward of Cruelty c. 1750 engraving Arkansas Arts Center British
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William Hogarth - George Arnold 1738-1740 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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William Hogarth - Frances Arnold 1738-1740 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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William Hogarth - The Sleeping Congregation 1728 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts British
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William Hogarth - Dr. Benjamin Hoadly late 1730's oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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William Hogarth - Second Stage of Cruelty 1751 engraving Arkansas Arts Center British
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J. Walker Ely , plate 8 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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William Hogarth - Southwark Fair 1733 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum British
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William Hogarth - Portrait of a Lady c. 1740 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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J. Walker Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) book with 32 engravings 1854

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (12)
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Bristol Museums and Art Gallery: Family Fortunes: Paintings on tour from the National Gallery, London
Also on display is work on the theme of the family today by Bristol school children and young people. ...
Changing Room: Past Standing: New Work by Artists from Scotland and Beyond
Artists include: Tobias Anderson (Stockholm); Julianna Capes (Edinburgh); Lucy Gibson (Leeds); Jenny Hogarth (Edinburgh); Magnus Lawrie (Glasgow); Cecilia Lundqvist (Stockholm); Andrew MacKenzie (Edinburgh); Ellen Munro (Edinburgh); Kevin Reid (Du...
Tate Liverpool: Mark Wallinger: Credo
Wallinger came to prominence in Britain in the 1980s and has since earned an international reputation. He was nominated for the 1995 Turner Prize and recently completed a new piece of work, Ecce Homo, for Trafalgar Square, ...
Bolton Museum and Art Gallery: Family Fortunes: Paintings on Tour from the National Gallery, London
'Family Fortunes' focuses attention on shifting attitudes towards the family from the 16th century to the present day. For example, the sentimental appreciation of children and childish pleasures which emerged in the 18th century is reflected ...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: William Kentridge: First American Retrospective
Kentridge’s short animations are an ongoing narrative featuring the pin-stripe-suited, factory owner Soho Eckstein, whose guilt-laden memory characterizes one aspect of contemporary South Africa. His alter ego, Felix Teitlebaum, who competes for t...
Tate Gallery, Liverpool: Figurative Art at the End of the Century
Many of these works have only just been acquired by the Tate and are on show in Liverpool for the first time. Together, they create a powerful spectacle and raise issues ...
Sherborne House and Gallery Holt: John Piper: A Versatile Artist
It is fitting that Sherborne House, which plans to become a major centre for culture and the visual arts in the region, should bring this important artist to the South West. Sherborne House is further delighted to offer three prints by John ...
Yale Center for British Art: The Art of Bloomsbury
The Yale Center for British Art is the final stop for this exhibition that includes masterpiece paintings from the collections of the Tate Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery (L...
Michael Werner Gallery: New Paintings by Jörg Immendorff
The iconographic language that Immendorff has cultivated throughout his career began while he was a student of Jospeh Beuys in the Sixties.  Immendorff responded to the chaos and social crises of a split Germany with a politically charged body of ...
Dimock Gallery, George Washington University : Goya: Los Caprichos
The Caprichos have never been presented in its entirety in the Washington area. Goya: Los Caprichos offers the most comprehensive overview of the suite and provides a rare opportunity for examination by print aficionados and art lovers. <...
Museum of Fine Art, Houston: Rembrandt to Gainsborough: Masterpieces from England's Dulwich Picture Gallery
Described as Londons most perfect gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery houses a renowned collection of European painting from ...
Skirball Cultural Center: C.O.L.A. 2001: New Work by Ten Artists
The C.O.L.A. exhibition is the culmination of the year's Individual Artist Grant-supported activities. Each artist received an award of $10,000 to encourage the creation of new work, and in recognition of individual achievement, impact in the ...

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