- Hogarth, William
- (11/10/1697 London-10/25/ 1764 London) (England)Graphic artist and painter. Most important graphic artist in 18th century England. Also a genre, portrait, and historical painter, who became a court painter in 1757. His prints cast a detailed eye on the life of his times, some are moralistic series involving wages of sin, such as the well-known "Rake's Progress" and "Harlot's Progress."Reproductions: Before and after; 1736; engraving; Wagner, 1986: pp. 161, 162 / Bentley, 1984: p. 86 [B] / Brusendorff, 1960a: pp. 152-153 [B]. Fashionable marriage; Lorenzoni, 1984a: p. 14 . Harlot's progress; 1732: Wagner, 1986: pp. 150-152 [B]. Noon, from Four times of the Day series; 1738; Wagner, 1986: p. 158 [B]. The orgy: Rake's progress; Lorenzoni, 1984a: p. 13 [C]. Rake's progress; 1735; Wagner, 1986: pp. 153-157 [B]. Sleeping congregation; Wagner, 1986; p. 159 [B]. Strolling actresses dressing in a barn; 1738; Wagner, 1986: p. 163 [B].[b]Source: Benezit, vol. 7: pp. 200-201; DoA vol. 14: pp. 636-643; ThB XVII 1924: p. 296; Hans-Peter Wagner, "Eroticism in graphic art: the case of William Hogarth," Studies in eighteenth-century culture 21 (1991): pp. 53-74.
Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators. Eugene C. Burt.