Hogarth's London : pictures of the manners of the eighteenth century / by Henry B. Wheatley.

  • Henry B. Wheatley
Date:
1909
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Credit: Hogarth's London : pictures of the manners of the eighteenth century / by Henry B. Wheatley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dedication, Preface, CONTENTS PAGE y vii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Interest of the eighteenth century. Admirers of Hogarth’s Engrav¬ ings. Hogarth a writer of Comedy. Praises of Fielding, Coleridge, Lamb, and Hazlitt. Acknowledgments of Hogarth’s Merits as a Painter after the Exhibition of his Pictures in 1814. Increase of this appreciation at the present time. Delineator of Manners and Illustrator of London Topography. Gay’s Trivia. Hogarth’s reason for designing the ‘ Four Stages of Cruelty.’ Char¬ acteristics of the century. Hogarth as a Moralist. Analysis of the different chapters of the book. Love of London. London Localities illustrated by Hogarth,. CHAPTER II HOGARTH’S LIFE AND WORKS Particulars of Hogarth’s life. Richard Hogarth, Auld Hogart. Hogarth’s want of Education. Apprenticed to a silver engraver. Set up in business as an engraver, maker of bookplates, and book illustrator. First two satirical engravings not successful. Attend¬ ance at Sir James Thornhill’s School of Painting. Illustrations of Hudibras. Mary Tofts, the rabbit-breeder. Law case against Joshua Morris. Hogarth runs away with Thornhill’s daughter. Father reconciled. Acquaintance with Tyers ofVauxhall Gardens. Objections to Academies. Painted Conversation Pieces. ‘ Harlot’s Progress.’ Important works following that series. Attainment of success. Prey of pirates. Copyright Act for artists called Hogarth’s Act. His gratitude to Parliament. Attempts in the great style. Life in Leicester Square. J. T. Smith’s absurd condemnation of Hogarth’s character. Hogarth’s fame abroad. Troubles in France. Quarrels with the Connoisseurs. Battle of the Pictures. Sale of some of his pictures. Marriage a la Mode. Athenian Stuart.
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