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

The Laughing Audience

1733

Etching of six men in 17th-century dress gathered at a table with eggs, a plate, and a column behind them.

Columbus Breaking the Egg

1752

Etching of a crowded choir of wigged singers reading sheet music, with a conductor beating time above them.

A Chorus of Singers

1732

Hogarth etching of a chaotic theatre rehearsal with actors at a table, hanging ropes, a fallen chair and a fiddler above.

A Just View of the British Stage

1724

Etching by William Hogarth showing paintings flying and tumbling through a street toward a studio, with a weathervane and clo

Strijd tussen schilderijen

1744

Satirical etching of a theatre rehearsal set inside a brick prison, with seated men, a violinist, and tumbling figures among

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Characters and Caricaturas by William Hogarth

1764

Etched print of men in ruffled collars seated at a table, with handwritten receipt text and signature below.

Ontvangstbewijs voor een aanbetaling voor The Analysis of Beauty door William Hogarth

1752

Etched print of a crowded choir of wigged singers with open mouths, a conductor raising his arm above them.

A Chorus of Singers, or The Oratorio

December 1732

Etching of a crowd of men with staves, a bear on a leash, and a mounted rider gesturing beneath a large tree.

Hudibras First Adventure (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 2)

1721-26

Engraving by William Hogarth showing paintings flying and tumbling through a street among rooftops and a weathervane.

The Battle of the Pictures

1745

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

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 theatre scene with costumed players, dogs, satyr figures and a cartouche reading The Authors Benefit Pasquin.

The Author's Benefit: Pasquin

1736

Engraved theatre ticket showing period-dressed figures in an interior with a window and bed, framed by scrollwork and flower

Ticket for Fielding's The Mock Doctor

1732(?)

Engraved theatre ticket showing figures in an interior room with a window and mirror, text reading Theatre Royal, The Mock Do

Ticket for Henry Fielding's The Mock Doctor

1792

Etched tavern card of the John Shaw Ram Inn with a ram on the sign, a coach, a horse, two men and a dog in the courtyard.

A Tavern Card for John Shaw

1790s

Oval sepia stipple engraving of a young woman with curled hair and a draped shawl, titled Jenny Cameron.

Jenny Cameron

February 8, 1788

Engraved design for an ornamental crest with a central heraldic shield, rococo scrollwork, two figures with staffs, and a gro

Design for an Ornamental Crest for Silver Plate

early 18th century