William Hogarth

1697–1764

William Hogarth, ‘Gin Lane’ 1751 — Gin Lane 1751
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Artworks

William Hogarth Gin Lane

1751

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
William Hogarth Satan, Sin and Death (A Scene from Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’)

c.1735–40
William Hogarth The Painter and his Pug

1745

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
William Hogarth O the Roast Beef of Old England (‘The Gate of Calais’)

1748

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
William Hogarth The Strode Family

c.1738

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
William Hogarth A Scene from ‘The Beggar’s Opera’ VI

1731

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
William Hogarth A Rake’s Progress (plate 8)

1735–63

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William Hogarth The Enraged Musician

1741

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art

Artist as subject

William Hogarth The Painter and his Pug

1745

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
William Hogarth O the Roast Beef of Old England (‘The Gate of Calais’)

1748

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
William Hogarth, Charles Mosley O the Roast Beef of Old England (‘The Gate of Calais’)

1749

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William Hogarth Sigismunda Mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo

1759
Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Female Nude and Hogarth’s ‘Line of Grace’

c.1830–1

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Walter Richard Sickert, recipient: Ethel Sands Letter from Walter Sickert to Ethel Sands

[August–September 1914]

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Julian Trevelyan Scrapbook

14 December 1932–[c.1947]

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Godfrey Samuel, recipient: Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky Postcard from Godfrey Samuel

13 July 1963

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Anita Bartle, Grant Richards (London, UK) This is my Birthday

1902

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Film and audio

Inspired by

Ken Loach inspired by William Hogarth

Director Ken Loach brings his cinematic eye to the art of William Hogarth
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MixTate: Lixo on William Hogarth

London-based producer Lixo takes inspiration from William Hogarth’s Gin Lane
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MixTate: Lixo on William Hogarth

For the tenth mix in our series, London-based producer Lixo takes inspiration from William Hogarth’s Gin Lane 1751
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Late at Tate November: Behind the scenes. Power: Richard Thomas

Join Tate's artist-educator Richard Thomas for a tour and candid discussion on the power behind the early art markets through …
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Writing London

In conjunction with Hogarth, this creative writing workshop explores the urban environment as a source of artistic inspiration and production.
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Mark Hallet on Hogarth

William Hogarth is recognised as the first great artistic chronicler of modern urban experience.
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Introducing Hogarth

Christine Riding, co-curator of Hogarth, introduces the key theme of the exhibition, which presents Hogarth’s work as strikingly modern and …
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Stravinsky's Progress

Igor Stravinsky first saw William Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress engravings in Chicago in 1946 and soon embarked on writing his …
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Hogarth Study Day – Part 2

An audio recording from the Hogarth Study Day held at Tate Britain. William Hogarth is recognised as the first great …
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Hogarth Study Day – Part 1

An audio recording from the Hogarth study day held at Tate Britain. William Hogarth is recognised as the first great …

Features

Art Term

Rococo

Light, sensuous, intensely decorative French style developed in the early eighteenth century following death of Louis XIV and in reaction …
Art Term

Genre painting

The term genre painting refers to paintings which depict scenes of everyday life
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Conversation piece

A conversation piece is an informal group portrait popular in the eighteenth century, small in scale and showing people – …
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Engraving

Engraving is a printmaking technique that involves making incisions into a metal plate which retain the ink and form the …
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Modern moral subject

The modern moral subject is a type of painting that was invented by English artist William Hogarth (1697–1764), which satirizes …
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Portrait

A portrait is a representation of a particular person. A self-portrait is a portrait of the artist by the artist
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2: Collection and Display: National beginnings

Tim Batchelor

This curatorial essay by Tim Batchelor explores how British art as displayed at the Tate began with Hogarth. Written to …
In Focus

Hogarth at the Tate

Tim Batchelor

Curatorial essay by Tim Batchelor to accompany BP Spotlight: William Hogarth 1697–1764, Tate Britain 27 October 2014 – 26 April …
Tate Etc

William Hogarth's O the Roast Beef of Old England ('The Gate of Calais')

Nil Yalter

Tate Etc. at Tate Britain / Artists' Perspectives
Tate Papers

The Military-Pastoral Complex: Contemporary Representations of Militarism in the Landscape

Matthew Flintham

Art & Environment

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