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C1822
(1820)
To the Right Honourable Earl Onslom
Artist:
William Hogarth
House of Commons in the Sir Robert Walpole’s Administration.
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Full Title:
To the Right Honourable Earl Onslom
Date:
C1822
(1820)
Artist:
William Hogarth
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Original copper engraving.
Image Size:
365mm
x 525mm
Paper Size:
485mm
x 645mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1820
Description:
House of Commons in the Sir Robert Walpole’s Administration.
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.
