Before & After (Set of 2)

Artist:

William Hogarth (1697 - 1794)

$A 850

Plate 1: This scene contrasts a girl’s last-minute resistance with her prior inclinations and preparations. Plate 2: In this scene the pursuit and flight of “Before” have become passive moods and reactions.

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Full Title:

Before & After (Set of 2)

Date:

C1822

(1820)

Artist:

William Hogarth (1697 - 1794)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Copper engraving.

Image Size:

310mm

x 375mm

Paper Size:

385mm

x 490mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1820

Description:

Plate 1: This scene contrasts a girl’s last-minute resistance with her prior inclinations and preparations.

Plate 2: In this scene the pursuit and flight of “Before” have become passive moods and reactions.

Artist:

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.