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Born November 10, 1697 • London • England
Died October 26, 1764 (aged 66) • London • England
Notable Works “A Rake’s Progress” • “Gin Lane” • “Industry and Idleness” • “Southwark Fair” • “Tailpiece” • “The Analysis of Beauty” • “The Beggar’s Opera” • “The Tête à Tête”
Movement / Style English school
Subjects Of Study aesthetics

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The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.
Hogarth, William: Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn
Hogarth, William: The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox
William Hogarth: Marriage A-la-Mode: 2, The Tête à Tête
James Figg
David Garrick in a 1746 engraving by William Hogarth
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