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William Hogarth

440 works

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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

Engraving of men seated at a table in a room with hanging hats and a clock, gesturing in debate.

The Committee, plate ten from Hudibras

February 1725/26

Engraving of a crowd burning effigies at Temple Bar gateway, with men in tall hats, a bonfire, and spectators at windows.

Burning the Rumps at Temple Bar, plate eleven from Hudibras

February 1725/26

Red chalk drawing of a chained bearded man before seated judges in a classical hall, with a guard, scribes and an eagle sculp

Paul Before Felix

c. 1751

Red chalk drawing of a child presented to a seated noblewoman beneath draped curtains, with classical architecture behind.

Moses Brought to Pharaoh’s Daughter

1751

Oval line engraving of Daniel Lock, a seated man in a powdered wig holding a sheet, with a harbour view at right.

Daniel Lock. Line engraving by T. Cook & Son, 1808, after W. Hogarth

Oval line engraving of a man in a powdered wig and white cravat, captioned Thomas Pellet M.D., President of the College of Ph

Thomas Pellet. Line engraving by C. Hall after W. Hogarth

Engraving of a night murder scene with a dead woman on the ground, a standing man, alarmed onlookers, and a lantern under a c

The Third Stage of Cruelty: Cruelty in Perfection - The Murder

1751

Engraving of William Hogarth seated at an easel, palette in hand, painting a sketch of the Comic Muse beside a column.

Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse

1764

Engraving of a London street where a coachman whips a fallen horse beside a carriage, sheep and onlookers.

The Second Stage of Cruelty: Coachman Beating a Fallen Horse

1751

Engraving of boys torturing animals in a city street, with a crowd watching and a church spire behind the buildings.

The First Stage of Cruelty: Children Torturing Animals

1751

Engraving of a public dissection with surgeons, spectators, skeletons, a dog and a corpse on a round table.

The Fourth Stage of Cruelty: The Reward of Cruelty

1751

Engraving of a preacher before a judge and crowd, with a winged devil and scales of justice, in a Rembrandt-style manner.

Paul before Felix

1752

Engraved street scene of a stagecoach at an inn, with passengers, men riding on the roof, and a crowd of onlookers.

Carriage near an inn

1747

Hogarth engraving of drunken men smoking and drinking around a punch bowl in a tavern at midnight.

A Midnight Modern Conversation

March 1732/33

Engraved interior with a seated man by a fireplace, a woman at a tea table, and a standing man with books near a column.

Marriage à-la-mode. Plate 2. The tête-à-tête

1745

Pen and ink sketch of a grotesque female head with an open mouth and curly hair, surrounded by loose flourishes.

Grotesque Female Head

Grotesque Male Head

Pen and ink drawing of a muscular man pressing down on a skeleton, which sprawls beneath him on the sheet.

George Taylor's Epitaph: George Taylor Breaking the Ribs of Death

1750

Pen and ink wash drawing of a seated man in a buttoned coat smoking a pipe beside a table with a glass and decanter.

Benjamin Read

1757

Sketch of a seated man in a tricorn hat beside a table with a wine bottle and glass, in brown wash.

Gabriel Hunt

Pencil and red chalk sketch of a street scene with boys tormenting a dog and rooster, a gibbet in the background, and onlooke

The First Stage of Cruelty

1750

Pencil sketch of an interior with a canopy bed and figures, with small studies in the lower right margin by William Hogarth.

Operation Scene in a Hospital with Subsidiary Sketches in the Margin at the Lower Right

Brown wash drawing of foundling children gathering at a doorway, a man holding an infant, ships and a church in the backgroun

Study for the Foundlings