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  • Beer Street by William Hogarth
  • The Polling by William Hogarth.
  • Gin Lane by William Hogarth.
  • 'A midnight modern conversation', after William Hogarth.
  • Marriage a la mode, after William Hogarth.
  • William Hogarth making a drawing of his companions and himself as they shave and take their breakfast. Etching by Richard Livesay, 1781, after William Hogarth, 1732.
  • A chorus of singers rehearsing William Huggins' oratorio "Judith". Etching by W. Hogarth, 1732.
  • An old woman soothes a wound on Don Quixote's back. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • William Hogarth embarking on a boat in the Thames near Sheerness, accompanied by four friends. Etching by R. Livesay after S. Scott and W. Hogarth.
  • Don Quixote with a lance riding a horse attacks a barber. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • William Hogarth with a parody of the ideas expressed in his 'Analysis of beauty'. Etching by P. Sandby, 1753.
  • A coffin containing the body of Moll Hackabout surrounded by a parson and other so-called mourners. Engraving after William Hogarth.
  • Four figures including the knight of the rock, Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, a goatherd and a goat. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • Wrapped in "sweating" blankets and close to the fire Moll Hackabout nears death as two doctors argue. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • A coffin containing the body of Moll Hackabout surrounded by a parson among other so-called mourners. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • Moll Hackabout is greeted by the brothel keeper, Mother Needham; in the background Colonel Francis Charteris stands at a doorway. Engraving after William Hogarth.
  • A night scene with Tom Nero apprehended in a church-yard before the murdered body of a pregnant maidservant. Engraving by William Hogarth, 1751.
  • Trulla holding a sword stands over Hudibras and restrains a man bearing a club; Ralpho is held between two men. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • Wrapped in "sweating" blankets and close to the fire, Moll Hackabout nears death as the doctors argue over her illness. Engraving after William Hogarth.
  • In a chamber containing stuffed animals, a globe and astrological devices Hudibras, about to draw his sword, startles Sidrophel and Whacum. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • Two men wearing masks club Hudibras, as Ralphos, removing his mask, and a widow (dressed in black), watch from a doorway. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • A street scene in which a dog is maltreated; a young man intervenes by offering his food to the miscreants. Engraving by William Hogarth, 1751.
  • Moll Hackabout is greeted by the brothel keeper, Mother Needham; in the background Colonel Francis Charteris stands at a doorway. Engraving by William Hogarth, 1732.
  • Columbus breaking the egg; he is surrounded by five men around a dinner table with a plate of eels before them. Etching by William Hogarth.
  • Hudibras addresses a lawyer who sits in an elaborately decorated pew next to a shelf full of books; two clerks sit beneath. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • Hudibras addresses a lawyer who sits in an elaborately decorated pew next to shelf of books; two clerks sit beneath. Aquatint by Merigot, 1799, after William Hogarth.
  • In the company of his master's daughter Francis Goodchild sings attentively from a hymn book during a church service. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1796.
  • Hudibras confronts with a pistol a club-wielding crowd, including Crowdero the fiddler with a peg leg, Talgot the butcher, and Orsin with his bear. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • A crowd of spectators wait as Tom Idle is driven in a cart with his coffin to his place of execution and the gallows. Engraving by William Hogarth, 1747.
  • Two men are working at looms as a man with a large stick looks around the door to see if they are working. Engraving by William Hogarth after himself.