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The First Georgians: Art and Monarchy 1714-1760: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
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Modern Moral Subjects

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Six prints, forming the set 'A Harlot's Progress. The six prints telling the cautionary story of Moll Hackabout, a harlot, were published in April 1732, the first of Hogarth’s ‘Modern Moral Subjects’. Hogarth intended the pictures to stand without a
A Harlot's Progress
The six prints forming Marriage à-la-Mode are based on oil paintings by Hogarth now in the National Gallery. Unlike his previous printed sets, Hogarth employed other printmakers to engrave the plates. In doing so, he implied that his paintings were comp
Marriage à-la-Mode

William Hogarth (1697-1764)

Paul before Felix Burlesqu’d

William Hogarth (1697-1764)

The South Sea Scheme

William Hogarth (1697-1764)

The Bad Taste of the Town (Masquerades and Operas)

William Hogarth (1697-1764)

A Midnight Modern Conversation

William Hogarth (1697-1764)

The Battle of the Pictures

After William Hogarth (1697-1764)

The March to Finchley.

William Hogarth (1697-1764)

The Proportions of Garrick and Quin

After William Hogarth (1697-1764)

Analysis of Beauty.

William Hogarth (1697-1764)

The Analysis of Beauty : witten with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste / by William Hogarth
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