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Hogarth interior with four figures, a seated gentleman, a standing woman in black and red, a man in brown, a girl, and skelet

Marriage A-la-Mode: 3, The Inspection

1743

Interior scene of an 18th-century aristocratic morning reception with musicians, a hairdresser, and elegantly dressed figures

Marriage A-la-Mode: 4, The Toilette

1743

Hogarth interior scene: a woman slumps in a chair with a child, attended by men and an old woman, a dog at a table by a windo

Marriage à la Mode, Plate 6, (The Death of the Countess)

1743

Man in ermine-trimmed robe gestures from a dais, with armor at his feet, red curtains, and a tent camp at dusk behind him.

David Garrick as Richard III

1745

Painting of a fashionable couple in a disordered drawing room, with a man by the fireplace and a woman at a tea table.

Marriage A-la-Mode: 2, The Tête à Tête

1743

Hogarth's 1743 interior scene of gentlemen and a woman at a table with papers, dogs and gilt-framed paintings on the wall.

Marriage A-la-Mode: 1, The Marriage Settlement

1743

Dimly lit interior with a kneeling woman, a wounded man clutching his side, a dropped sword, and a lantern-bearing figure at

Marriage A-la-Mode: 5, The Bagnio

1743

Group portrait of a family in an outdoor setting with a seated man, a standing man holding a chart, a globe and a dog.

Woodes Rogers and his Family

1729

Painting of a theatrical prison scene with kneeling women, a red-coated man, spectators, and shackles on the wall.

A Scene from The Beggar's Opera

1728/1729

Hogarth painting of a rowdy tavern with revellers, women in bonnets, a man in a green coat with a sword, and scattered clothi

The Tavern Scene - A Rake's Progress series

1732

Interior scene of a young heir gesturing at an open chest of papers while a servant kneels and an old miser sits by the fire.

The Young Heir Takes Possession of the Miser's Effects - A Rake's Progress series

1732

Painting of a church wedding with a clergyman, couple in 18th-century dress, bridesmaid, pug dogs and a child.

The Marriage

1732

Hogarth painting of a crowded 1730s interior with musicians, a harpsichord, fashionably dressed men and classical sculpture o

Surrounded by Artists and Professors - A Rake's Progress series

1732

Hogarth's 1732 street scene of bailiffs seizing a sedan chair as a gentleman protests and a woman in white looks on.

Arrested for Debt - A Rake's Progress series

1732

Crowded dim gaming house with men in wigs gathered round a candlelit table, coins and cards visible, a young man raising an a

The Gaming House

1732

Hogarth's painting of a crowded prison interior with barred window, men at a table, and a woman with children.

The Prison Scene - A Rake's Progress

1732

Interior scene with a woman in a gold gown holding a fire screen, a man in red leaning in, and cards burning in the fireplace

The Lady's Last Stake

1759

Crowded madhouse interior with a shackled naked man in the foreground, a woman in pink, a violinist, and barred windows.

In The Madhouse - A Rake's Progress series

1732

Painting of a prison-like stage scene with a man in red coat, two kneeling women in gowns, and spectators behind a red rail.

A Scene from the Beggar's Opera

1728

Hogarth interior scene with fashionable figures, a monkey, a servant in a feathered cap, and red drapery.

Taste in High Life (or Taste à-la-Mode)

Painting of wigged men in legal robes in a courtroom, a central judge in red reading a document with a quill.

The Court

1758

Painting of a brick city gate with soldiers, a friar carrying a large beef joint, and ragged figures in a crowded street.

The Roast Beef of Old England, also called The Gate of Calais, was painted by Hogarth in 1748

1748

Dark painting of Satan, Sin and Death from Milton's Paradise Lost, with a spear-wielding warrior, nude figure and skeletal De

Satan, Sin and Death (A Scene from Milton's `Paradise Lost')

1735

Oil painting of a family in an elegant 18th-century room with a fireplace, tea table, card table, and dogs.

Portrait of a Family

1735

Painting of a stone hall with a kneeling woman in white before a man in a tricorn hat, watched by seated gentlemen and armed

The Beggar's Opera

1729

Family group portrait in a wooded landscape by a pond, with children fishing and a spaniel, classical building in distance.

John and Elizabeth Jeffreys and Their Children

1730

Painting of an aristocratic family in a garden with a domed rotunda, a boy in red, standing women and a small dog.

The Family of George II

1731

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

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…

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 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

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

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

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

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

Copper engraving plate showing two women in bonnets and long dresses in an interior with a barrel and basket.

Plate one, from A Harlot's Progress

1732, reworked/reissued 1744

Engraving of a crowded ballroom with dancers, surrounded by numbered panels of facial expressions and decorative line studies

Analysis of Beauty. Plate II

1753

Engraving of a street scene: an older woman touches a young woman's chin beside a carriage, with men in a doorway at right.

A Harlot's Progress: pl.1

1732

Engraved interior with a seated woman gesturing, a man in a wig holding a teacup, a servant in a turban, and a dog.

A Harlot's Progress: pl.2

1732

Engraving of a bedchamber with a seated woman, a servant pouring tea, and a gentleman in a wig entering from the right.

A Harlot's Progress: pl.3

1732

Engraving of a brick workroom with a fashionable couple at left and women workers at right, plate 4 of A Harlot's Progress.

A Harlot's Progress: pl.4

1732

Engraving of a cluttered garret with two men, women in headscarves, a child, a canopy bed and a fireplace.

A Harlot's Progress: pl.5

1732

Engraving of a crowded tavern room with women and men around a table, a child in a plumed hat beneath it, and a jug at right.

A Harlot's Progress: pl.6

1732

Engraving of a cluttered interior with a young man being measured, an old man writing, women, and a cat.

A Rake's Progress: pl.1

1735

Engraving of fashionable figures in a grand interior, with a harpsichordist, a sword-carrying gentleman, and a verse caption

A Rake's Progress: pl.2

1735

Engraving of a riotous 18th-century party with drinkers, musicians and a woman dressing in a cluttered room.

A Rake's Progress: pl.3

1735

Hogarth engraving of a street scene with a woman, a sedan chair, a ragged man and a lamplighter on a ladder.

A Rake's Progress: pl.4

1735

Engraving of a church wedding scene with a bride, groom, clergyman, children and two dogs beside carved pews.

A Rake's Progress: pl.5

1735

Engraving of a crowded tavern scene with gambling men, a dog, and a fallen man beside an overturned chair and wig.

A Rake's Progress: pl.6

1735

Engraving of a crowded barred prison room with a seated man reading at a table, a canopied bed, a child, and a jailer with ke

A Rake's Progress: pl.7

1735

Engraving of an asylum ward with a chained half-naked man held by a weeping woman, onlookers, a violinist and a dog.

A Rake's Progress: pl.8

1735

Engraving of two apprentices at looms in a workshop, one idle beside a dog, with a standing overseer at right.

The Fellow 'Prentices at Their Looms

1747

Engraving of two young apprentices sharing a hymn book in a church, with an elderly woman reading and a crowded congregation

The Industrious 'Prentice performing the Dutyof a Christian

1747

Engraving of apprentices gambling on a tomb in a churchyard, with skulls and bones scattered below, by Hogarth.

The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service

1747

Engraving of a master and apprentice at a desk in a counting house, with spinning workers, a cat and a dog in the foreground.

The Industrious 'Prentice a Favorite, and entrusted by his Master

1747

Engraving of figures in a rowing boat on choppy sea, with sailing ships and windmills in the distance.

The Idle 'Prentice turn'd away, and sent to Sea

1747

Hogarth engraving of a busy London street with musicians, a seated beggar with a dog, and a man tossing a coin at a shop door

The Industrious 'Prentice out of his Time, and Married to his Master's Daughter

1747

Engraving of a cluttered garret where a startled young man and woman in bed react with raised hands.

The Idle 'Prentice return'd from Sea & in a Garret with a common Prostitute

1747

Engraving of a crowded banquet hall with diners at a table and a robed official with a staff at right.

The Industrious 'Prentice grown rich & Sheriff of London

1747

Engraving of an apprentice in a night cellar tavern, with a woman pointing at an approaching constable holding a lantern.

The Idle 'Prentice betray'd by his Whore, & taken in a Night Cellar with his Accomplice

1747

Engraving of a courtroom: a robed alderman sits at right while an apprentice holds a book before a crowd, with a clerk writin

The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London,the Idle one brought before him & impea ch'd by his Accomplice

1747

Engraving of a crowded execution scene at Tyburn with soldiers, spectators on stands, vendors, and a distant gallows under a

The Idle 'Prentice Executed at Tyburn

1747

Engraving of a Lord Mayor's procession, with a gilded carriage moving through a crowded London street lined with onlookers.

The Industrious 'Prentice Lord-Mayor of London

1747

Engraving of actresses dressing in a cluttered barn among costumes, candles, musicians, children and animals.

Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn

1738

Engraving of a lawyer in wig and gown facing a knight in a room of bookshelves, with two clerks writing and dogs on the floor

Hudibras and the Lawyer

1725/1726

Engraving of a cluttered study with a skeleton, hanging crocodile and two bearded men arguing at a table covered in diagrams.

Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum

1725/1726

Engraved plate of an artist's studio with statues, anatomical drawings, and ornamental motifs framed by numbered border panel

Analysis of Beauty: pl.1

1753

Engraved city street with a large fire, firefighters with hoses, a bucket line, and crowds of people in the foreground.

The Times, pl.1

1762

Hogarth engraving of a crowded London street with a whirligig ride, gamblers, allegorical figures and a monument inscribed wi

The South Sea Scheme

1721

Engraving of an allegorical lottery scene with a central pedestal, large drawing wheels, draped curtains and crowded figures.

The Lottery

1721