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William Hogarth

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Engraved group portrait of bewigged men in a shield shape, some playing wind instruments, with crossed bones below.

A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Tayl…

Engraved heraldic shield of wigged quack doctors smoking pipes, with a chamber pot, crossed bones and a Latin motto below.

A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Tayl…

Hand-coloured etching of a scowling caricature figure in harlequin costume leaning on a cane, captioned Mrs Sarah Mapp.

Sarah Mapp. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819, after W. Hogarth

Stipple engraving of a seated man in 18th-century dress beside a scroll labelled The Royal Charter, a globe, and a column.

Thomas Coram. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter, 1796, after W. Hogarth

Wood engraving bust portrait of a man in a curled wig, white cravat and buttoned coat, signed W. J. Linton.

Thomas Coram. Wood engraving by W. J. Linton after W. Hogarth

Engraving of a crowded street beneath a stone gate with coats of arms, showing soldiers, ragged figures and a seated beggar.

The Roast Beef of Old England

1748/49

Hogarth engraving of a crowded circular cockpit with two roosters fighting and spectators in hats and coats watching.

The Cockpit

November 1759

Engraving of an 18th-century salon with elegant figures, a small dog reading, and framed prints on the walls.

Taste in High Life

1746

Engraving of a noisy London street where a musician covers his ears at a window while vendors, children and a drummer clamor

The Enraged Musician

November 1741

Etching of a laughing theatre audience in tiered galleries, with a basket being lowered and candles lighting the upper boxes.

The Laughing Audience

1733

Etched crowd of caricatured scholars in caps and gowns around a lecturer reading from an open book at a pulpit.

Scholars at a Lecture

1736-37

Dark copper printing plate engraved with a figure scene of a seated woman, attendant, and man in an interior with curtains.

Plate two, from A Harlot's Progress

1732, reworked/reissued 1744

Engraved copper plate of an interior scene with women, a seated figure, draped curtain, table with jugs, and wall picture.

Plate three, from A Harlot's Progress

1732, reworked/reissued 1744

Copper engraving plate showing an interior scene with seated women, a table, and a crowd of figures in fine engraved lines.

Plate four, from A Harlot's Progress

1732, reworked/reissued 1744

Engraved copper plate showing an interior with a fireplace, hanging laundry, and figures including a violin player.

Plate five, from A Harlot's Progress

1732, reworked/reissued 1744

Copper printing plate engraved with an interior scene of women and men near a window and a vase.

Plate six, from A Harlot's Progress

1732, reworked/reissued 1744

Engraving by Hogarth of a winged reclining figure smoking among broken objects, an hourglass, a signboard and ruins.

Tailpiece, or the Bathos

April 1764

Etching of men shaving and eating breakfast in an interior, with a seated man drawing, after William Hogarth, 1781.

William Hogarth making a drawing of his companions and himself as they shave and take their breakfast. Etching by Ric…

Engraving of a crowded London street with a church spire, a well-dressed couple, a beggar on the ground, and a tavern sign.

Noon, Plate Two from The Four Times of Day

1738

Engraved night street scene with a lantern-bearing couple, a fire, an overturned cart, and hanging signs under a moonlit sky.

Night, Plate Four from The Four Times of Day

1738

Engraved print of a crowded fairground with stages, a clock tower, flags, dancers, and a collapsing wooden scaffold.

Southwark Fair

1733/34

Engraving of a chaotic night street scene with a bonfire, lantern-bearing figures, a barber's window and an overturned cart.

Night, plate four from The Four Times of the Day

May 1738

Engraving of a raucous election feast in a crowded tavern, with diners, musicians, a servant pouring drink and a banner.

An Election Entertainment, plate one from Four Prints of an Election

1757/58

Engraved frontispiece with oval portrait of Samuel Butler above a pedestal scene with a chariot, mountain and allegorical fig

Frontispiece, plate one from Hudibras

February 1725/26

Engraving of a mounted knight and squire riding past an inn, a dog leaping nearby, and a market woman and cobbler at right.

Hudibras Sallying Forth, plate two from Hudibras

February 1725/26

Engraving of a mounted knight with a pistol facing a crowd of villagers with pipes and staves, a bear on a chain nearby.

Hudibras' First Adventure, plate three from Hudibras

February 1725/26

Engraving of a street scene with a man in the pillory, a mounted knight, a squire, onlookers, and verse below.

Hudibras Triumphant, plate four from Hudibras

February 1725/26

Engraving of a crowded outdoor brawl with a woman in a laced bodice facing down armed men beside a cottage and trees.

Hudibras Vanquished by Trulla, plate five from Hudibras

February 1725/26

Engraving of a bearded knight seated in wooden stocks in a courtyard, watched by a crowd, with verse below.

Hudibras in Tribulation, plate six from Hudibras

February 1725/26

Etching of a boisterous village procession with horsemen, drummers and a crowd, beside a thatched cottage and inn sign.

Hudibras and the Skimmington, plate seven from Hudibras

February 1725/26

Engraving of a cluttered study with a skeleton, hanging crocodile, globe, and two seated men at a table covered with diagrams

Hudibras and Sidrophel, plate eight from Hudibras

February 1725/26

Engraving of an interior with figures in a violent struggle, a woman with a candle, a staircase, and verse below.

Hudibras Catechized, plate nine from Hudibras

February 1725/26