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William Hogarth — The Beggar's Opera | Fine Art PrintWilliam Hogarth — The Beggar's Opera

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William Hogarth Prints

About William Hogarth

William Hogarth was an English painter, engraver and satirist, born in London in 1697, who died there in 1764. As a teenager he was apprenticed to a silver engraver, then studied at drawing schools in London, including one in the house of the painter Sir James Thornhill, whose daughter Jane he married in 1729.

Hogarth is best known for series of pictures that tell a story scene by scene, almost like a comic strip, made to be engraved and sold as prints. A Harlot's Progress (1731), A Rake's Progress (engraved in 1735) and Marriage A-la-Mode, now in the National Gallery, London, poke fun at greed, vanity and fashionable life. His prints Beer Street and Gin Lane followed in 1751. After seeing his engravings widely copied, he campaigned for the copyright law of 1735 still known as the "Hogarth Act". He was active in the Foundling Hospital, a home for abandoned children, and set out his ideas on art in The Analysis of Beauty (1753).

William Hogarth prints: reproductions of paintings, engravings and etchings by the English painter and satirist William Hogarth, made between 1729 and 1763. The collection includes The Beggar's Opera (1729), Southwark Fair (1733), Beer Street (1751), The Enraged Musician (1741) and Marriage A-la-Mode: 4, The Toilette (1743).

This selection mixes Hogarth's oil paintings with his black-and-white prints. The subjects are London life in the 18th century: crowded fairs, theatre audiences, drinking parties, sleeping churchgoers, lawyers and judges, and street noise. It also includes portraits, such as Girl in a Plumed Hat (1740), David Garrick as Richard III (1745) and his own self-portraits, and a plate from Industry and Idleness (1747).

The black-and-white etchings suit studies, libraries, offices and hallways, and work well hung in groups; the colour paintings fit living rooms and dining rooms. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.

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The Beggar's Opera by William Hogarth — A shackled highwayman and two kneeling women in a stone prison
William Hogarth — The Beggar's Opera | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Girl in a Plumed Hat by William Hogarth — A smiling young woman in a feathered cap and ruffled collar
William Hogarth — Girl in a Plumed Hat | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Southwark Fair by William Hogarth — A fairground crowd beneath a church tower as a stage collapses
William Hogarth — Southwark Fair | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Beer Street by William Hogarth — Drinkers, fishwives and tradesmen crowd a lively London street
William Hogarth — Beer Street | Engraving Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
The Enraged Musician by William Hogarth — A violinist at a window covers his ears against the street din
William Hogarth — The Enraged Musician | Engraving Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Self-Portrait by William Hogarth — A man in a powdered wig glances over his shoulder
William Hogarth — Self-Portrait | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
The Company of Undertakers by William Hogarth — Physicians in huge wigs press canes to their noses inside a shield
William Hogarth — The Company of Undertakers | Etching Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Gulielmus Hogarth by William Hogarth — A painter in a fur cap sits beside his pug, a palette at his side
William Hogarth — Gulielmus Hogarth | Etching Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
The Sleeping Congregation by William Hogarth — A congregation sleeps in the pews while the preacher reads on
William Hogarth — The Sleeping Congregation | Etching Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Scholars at a Lecture (A Chorus of Singers) by William Hogarth — Academics pack a lecture hall, yawning, staring and dozing
William Hogarth — Scholars at a Lecture (A Chorus of Singers) | Etching Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Marriage A-la-Mode: 4, The Toilette by William Hogarth — A crowded morning levee as a countess has her hair dressed
William Hogarth — Marriage A-la-Mode: 4, The Toilette | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
A Midnight Modern Conversation by William Hogarth — Wigged drinkers round a punch bowl and a man flat on the floor
William Hogarth — A Midnight Modern Conversation | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $210.00
The Bench by William Hogarth — Dozing judges below a row of grimacing heads
William Hogarth — The Bench | Etching Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn by William Hogarth — Actresses dress for the stage in a cluttered barn loft
William Hogarth — Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn | Etching Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
The Lady's Last Stake by William Hogarth — A woman in gold silk beside a fire that has taken her playing cards
William Hogarth — The Lady's Last Stake | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
David Garrick as Richard III by William Hogarth — An actor in ermine starts from his bed, hand thrown out in alarm
William Hogarth — David Garrick as Richard III | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Before by William Hogarth — A man clutches a woman's skirt as she pushes his face away
William Hogarth — Before | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
John Wilkes, Esq. by William Hogarth — A grinning man in a powdered wig props a staff topped by a Liberty cap
William Hogarth — John Wilkes, Esq. | Etching Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Industry and Idleness, Plate 12: The Industrious 'Prentice Lord Mayor of London by William Hogarth — A gilded coach shoves through a packed London street
William Hogarth — Industry and Idleness, Plate 12: The Industrious 'Prentice Lord Mayor of London | Etching Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
The Laughing Audience by William Hogarth — A theatre crowd roars with laughter while the orchestra plays on
William Hogarth — The Laughing Audience | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00