WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, later 4th Duke of Devonshire (1741) Oil on canvas (76 x 63 cm) Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA To enlarge the image, right-click on it and “Open in a new tab” William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720 – 1764), styled Lord Cavendish before 1729, and Marquess …
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Mr. and Mrs. Garrick
WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) David Garrick with his Wife Eva-Maria Veigel (c. 1757) Oil on canvas (133 x 104 cm) Windsor Castle, Royal Collection To enlarge the image, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" The portrait was presumably a personal commission from the actor David Garrick. It was reported to be in progress by …
Sir Andrew Fountaine
WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) Conversation piece with Sir Andrew Fountaine (1730-35) Oil on canvas 47,6 x 58 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art To enlarge the picture right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" On the left are two young women sitting at a circular table, on which stand a wicker flask, some fruit and …
Hogarth’s Portrait
WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) Self-portrait (1730's) Oil on canvas 54 x 51 cm Yale Center for British Art, Yale, Connecticut, USA Hogarth was among the most skilled, financially astute, and patriotic artists of his generation. Much of his subject matter was inspired by his own difficult childhood, marked strongly by his father's confinement to the debtor's …
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