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William Hogarth

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Hogarth engraving of a winged skeleton among ruins, an hourglass, and scattered objects beneath a sign reading The World's En

Allegorie op het einde der tijd

1764

Engraving of a cluttered interior where a tailor kneels to fit a young man's coat while others watch from the room.

Tom Rakewell wordt een nieuw pak aangemeten

1735

Engraving of a crowded 18th-century interior with a harpsichord player, fashionably dressed figures, and framed paintings on

Tom Rakewell omringd door mensen in de ochtend

1735

Engraving of a rowdy tavern scene with drinkers around a table, a harp, hanging portraits and a woman seated in the foregroun

Tom Rakewell beschonken in een bordeel

1707

Engraving of a young man in a wig beside an elderly bride as a clergyman reads, with dogs and children in a stone-walled inte

Tom Rakewell trouwt een oude rijke vrouw

1735

Engraved prison scene with a distressed man, a fainting woman on a bed, a child, and a jailer with keys by a barred door.

Tom Rakewell met afwijzingsbrief en Sarah Young flauwgevallen

1735

Engraving of an asylum interior with a shackled man tended by a woman, inmates, well-dressed visitors and a violinist.

Tom Rakewell in Bethlem Royal Hospital

1735

Engraving of a crowded election feast in a tavern with drinking men, musicians, a puppet show, and a boy pouring from a barre

Vermaak als propaganda

1755

Engraving of men drinking and smoking pipes around a punch bowl in a cluttered tavern, with a man asleep on the floor.

Gezelschap van drinkende en rokende mannen

1732

Engraving of a crowded church with a preacher in a pulpit, an agitated congregation, a fainting woman and devil figures.

Spreekgestoelte met prediker en toehoorders

1762

Etched portrait of a heavyset seated man in a buttoned coat and boots, beside a desk with a book and quill, 1746.

Portret van Simon Fraser

1746

Engraved print of a Greek patriarchal tiara with winged cherub heads, a central ornamental band, and a cross on top.

Tiara met serafijnen

1723

Engraved sheet showing an allegorical medallion with two female figures above a printed text about Hogarth's gold admission t

Medaillon met personificaties van Moed (Virtus) en Wellust (Voluptas)

1823

Engraving of a London street with lightning overhead, a woman in white tugged by gamblers beside a sedan chair, and a crowd b

O Vanity of Youthful Blood

1735

Pen and ink drawing of a skeleton wrestling a man to the ground, with a faint sketched shield in the upper right corner.

George Taylor's Epitaph: Death Giving George Taylor a Cross Buttock

1750

Black chalk drawing of a reclining female nude resting her arm on a rock, legs stretched diagonally across the sheet.

Study of a Female Nude

Engraving of a busy city street with a man beating a horse, a carriage, sheep, and a fallen child under a cloudy sky.

[Second Stage of Cruelty, z cyklu "The Four Stages of Cruelty"]

1751

Engraving of men in wigs drinking and smoking around a punch bowl in a tavern, with a fallen man on the floor.

[A Midnight Modern Conversation]

1733

Engraving of a chaotic city street with musicians, a woman carrying a pot, a drumming boy and a man at a window.

[The Engraged Musician]

1741

Engraved print of a crowded 18th-century election feast in a tavern with drinking revelers, musicians, and a wooden tub in th

[An Election Entertainment, z cyklu "Four Prints of an Election"]

1755

Engraved night street scene with a lantern-bearing couple, a bonfire, an overturned cart, and hanging shop signs.

[Night, z cyklu "The Four Times of Day"]

1738

Engraving of a night scene: a crowd of men surrounds a figure beside a church tower while a woman lies dead on the ground.

[Cruelty in Perfection, z cyklu "The Four Stages of Cruelty"]

1751

Engraving of a woman striking a man in a wig beside a dressing table in a canopied bedroom, with a small dog nearby.

[Before]

1736

Engraving of a crowded 18th-century street at noon with a church spire, a well-dressed couple, a pie seller and a beggar.

[Noon, z cyklu "The Four Times of Day"]

1738

Red chalk drawing of many overlapping caricatured heads showing varied grimacing and shouting expressions.

Sheet of Studies of Heads

ca. 1795

Engraved portrait of William Hogarth seated at an easel, holding a palette and brushes, with a sketch of figures on the canva

Portret van William Hogarth

1764

Engraving of a crowded church with a preacher in a pulpit, fainting worshippers, a kissing couple, and a devil figure.

[Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism]

1762

Engraving of an anatomy theatre with surgeons dissecting a corpse before a crowd, skeletons in niches, and a dog in the foreg

[The Reward of Cruelty, z cyklu "The Four Stages of Cruelty"]

1751

Engraving of a riotous street scene with a man carried on a chair, a crowd, pigs, a donkey, and spectators at windows.

[Chairing the Members, z cyklu "Four Prints of an Election"]

1758

Engraving of costumed actresses and children in a cluttered barn interior, with a dancing woman at the center.

Verklede actrices en kinderen in een schuur

1738

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

William-hogarth-just-view-of-the-british-stage

Two engravings side by side: left, a busy street with merry drinkers; right, a decaying street with a mother, infant, and col

Beer-street-and-Gin-lane

1751