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C1822
Captain Tho Coram
Artist:
William Hogarth (1697 - 1794)
A naval officer Thomas Coram 1668 – 1751 sitting in the porch, on the right, the seal of the Royal Charter lying on a small table that in 1739 granted him the establishment of the Foundling Hospital. On the left … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Captain Tho Coram
Date:
C1822
Artist:
William Hogarth (1697 - 1794)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
405mm
x 580mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1822
Description:
A naval officer Thomas Coram 1668 – 1751 sitting in the porch, on the right, the seal of the Royal Charter lying on a small table that in 1739 granted him the establishment of the Foundling Hospital. On the left view at the sailed sea, right at his feet captain’s license and globe with the Atlantic turned to the onlooker.
Biography:
William Hogarth (1697-1794)
Hogarth was born in London, the son of an unsuccessful schoolmaster and writer from Westmoreland. After apprenticeship to a goldsmith, he began to produce his own engraved designs from 1710. He later took up oil painting, starting with small portrait groups called conversation pieces. He went on to create a series of paintings satirising contemporary customs, but based on earlier Italian prints, of which the first was ‘The Harlot’s Progress’ (1731), and perhaps the most famous ‘The Rake’s Progress’. His engravings were so plagiarised that he lobbied for the Copyright Act of 1735 as protection for writers and artists.
