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Engraved courtroom scene of a seated alderman before accused apprentices, with a clerk writing and a crowd behind a railing.

The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London, the Idle One Brought Before Him & Impeached by his Accomplice: Industry…

September 30, 1747

Engraved still life of piled arms, trumpets, shields and flags on a plinth, with a subscription receipt printed below.

A Stand of Arms, Musical Instruments, etc.

March 1749-50

Engraving of eight fish in symmetrical rows around a central fish, titled Pisces, One of the Signs in the Zodiac.

Pisces: Hogarth's Quadrille Fish

ca. 1730

Pen drawing of a coat of arms with Nature and Britannia figures, an infant on the shield, a lamb crest and a HELP banner.

Arms for the Foundling Hospital

December 22, 1781

Engraved city street scene with a central statue, fountain, crowds, soldiers firing muskets, and a sign reading Conspiracy De

The Times, Plate 2

May 29, 1790

Engraving of a bear holding a tankard and club beside a dog, with books, a palette and a pipe, satirising Charles Churchill.

The Bruiser (Caricature of Charles Churchill)

August 1, 1762

Engraving of a crowded city street with firefighters battling burning buildings, onlookers, and shop signs.

The Times, Plate 1

September 7, 1762

Etching of men playing flutes in a room while a standing man reads sheet music beside a seated listener.

"Tristram Shandy," Frontispiece, Volume 1,

April 1760

Engraving of men in a room, one smoking a pipe, another reading a book, with a map on the wall behind them.

Frontispiece to "Tristram Shandy," Volume 1

19th century

Engraving of a bewigged man holding a swaddled baby beside a woman, with a turbaned man gesturing at a table in an interior.

Illustration to "Tristram Shandy," Volume 4

19th century

Engraved print of a crowded fair with wooden stages, flags, a tightrope walker, musicians, and a dense crowd of people.

The Humours and Diversions of the Southwark Fair / Les Bizarerries et Les Plaisirs de La Foire de Southwark

1733-1825 [after 1733 oriiginal]

Engraving of Oxford scholars in gowns drinking in a panelled room, with a woman, a servant and a sleeping dog.

Frontispiece to "The Humours of Oxford"

November 1, 1807

Henry Fielding

ca. 1835

Pen drawing in an oval frame of figures in period dress in an interior, with a card table and seated woman at right.

The Rape of the Lock

19th century (?)

Hogarth's 1728 print of a stage performance of The Beggar's Opera with masked actors, musicians, and an audience in galleries

The Beggar's Opera

1728

Engraved plate with two fur-clad figures, a reindeer, and medallion portraits on a pedestal inscribed LAPONIA.

Laponia (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, pl. 312)

1723-24

Etching of five standing figures in fur-trimmed robes and tall hats across a hilly landscape, labeled e to i.

Five Standing Muscovites (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London…

1723-24

Etching of a woman leading a camel past a covered wagon and domed building in a flat landscape, with scale bars below.

Two Dromedaries (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, p…

1723-24

Engraving of a crowded London street with a Lord Mayor's carriage surrounded by apprentices, onlookers, and balconies.

The Industrious 'Prentice Lord Mayor of London (Industry and Idleness, plate12)

September 30, 1747

Engraving of a crowded 18th-century London street with a carriage, banners, soldiers, and spectators at windows.

The Industrious 'Prentice Lord Mayor of London: Industry and Idleness, plate 12

September 30, 1747

Engraving of idle apprentices gambling on a tomb in a churchyard, with skulls and a standing man holding a cane.

The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard (Industry and Idleness, plate 3)

September 30, 1747

Engraving of a night cellar: a watchman with a lantern, a pointing woman, and card players by a fireplace.

The Idle 'Prentice Betrayed by his Whore and Taken in a Night Cellar with his Accomplice (Industry and Idleness, plat…

September 30, 1747

Engraving of a crowded courtroom with a seated alderman holding his head beside a writing clerk and standing witnesses.

The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London, The Idle One Brought Before Him and Impeached by his Accomplices (Indus…

September 30, 1747

Engraving of a busy city street with men drinking beer at a table, a fishwoman with a basket, and a tavern sign overhead.

Beer Street

February 1, 1751

Engraving of a dissection scene in a domed hall, with an observing crowd, skeletons, a dog, and a cauldron of bones.

The Reward of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

February 1, 1751

Engraving of a dead woman on a street at night, surrounded by arguing men, a lantern, and a crescent moon above.

Cruelty in Perfection (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

February 1, 1751

Engraving of a city street where a boy torments a cat as crowds watch, with dogs, a rooster and a church steeple nearby.

The First Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

February 1, 1751

Engraving of a street scene with a whipped horse, a carriage, and a man beating a sheep as a flock watches.

The Second Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

February 1, 1751

Engraving of soldiers and sailors feasting at a tavern with a Duke of Cumberland sign, a Frenchman at a window, and marching

The Invasion, Plate 2: England

March 8, 1756

Hogarth satirical etching of armed men storming a tavern by the coast, with a monk, ships and a banner reading Vengence.

The Invasion, Plate 1: France

March 8, 1756

Engraving of a seated woman in a bedroom with a tea-pouring servant, a wigged gentleman and soldiers entering at right.

A Harlot's Progress, Plate 3

before April 1732

Engraving of a crowded fairground street with booths, flags, a church tower, acrobats, and a collapsing stage.

Southwark Fair

1734