William Hogarth
An English painter in the Flemish mold, depicting wonderful slices of life in early 18C England
William Hogarth (1697-1764) took his hint from the Flemish masters, creating Jan Steen–like scenes of everyday life.
His serial engravings such as Rake's Progress (in London's Sir John Soane Museum) were popular morality tales presented in a sort of early version of a comic strip.
Seek out his other works in:
- National Gallery, London
- Tate Britain, London
- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Selected works by William Hogarth in England
Surrounded by Artists and Professors (1732–35), from the A Rake's Progress series by William Hogarth in the Sir John Soane's Museum, London
An Election Entertainment (1754), from the "The Humours of an Election" series by William Hogarth in the Sir John Soane's Museum, London
Marriage a-la-Mode: 1, The Marriage Settlement (1743) by William Hogarth (1697–1764) in the National Gallery, London
Where to find works by William Hogarth in England
England's greatest repository of Old Masters paintings, with works by Leonardo, Botticelli, Rembrandt, Monet, Degas, and more
A small, free city museum of London life, Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite art, and Roman ruins in the basement
A gallery of some of the greatest hits of British painting and sculpture
Fantastic, small, bit-of-everything museum—ancient Roman and Egyptian sculptures; paintings by Turner, Reynolds, and Hogarth; architectural remnants and Cantonese furniture—all crammed into the formerly private home of an eclectic collector
Packed with pictures of old Brits, including the only life portrait of Shakespeare
