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Artists›William Hogarth

William Hogarth

1697–1764

WA-00017075

London, UK

PaintingSurrealism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

368

Works in Collection

389

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ171344

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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On Being a Cartoonist

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1946

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Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936–1937

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Surrealism

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

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Artworks (368)

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William Hogarth's Trade Card (modern reproduction)

1880 · Photo or lithographic reproduction of etching and engraving

Sheet: 2 15/16 × 3 5/8 in. (7.4 × 9.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons, engraved by Thomas Cook

1803 · Engraving on paper

image: 396 x 526 mm

Tate

Dr Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester, engraved by Thomas Cook

1800 · Engraving on paper

image: 321 x 264 mm

Tate

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King Henry the Eighth and Anna Bullen

1800 · Engraving

plate: 19 x 15 1/16 in. (48.3 x 38.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Rape of the Lock

1800 · Lithographed copy of an engraving

sheet: 4 5/16 x 5 9/16 in. (10.9 x 14.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Rape of the Lock

1800 · Lithographed copy of an engraving

sheet: 4 5/16 x 5 9/16 in. (10.9 x 14.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Indian Emperor, engraved by Robert Dodd

1792 · Engraving on paper

image: 406 x 540 mm

Tate

Satan, Sin and Death, engraved by Thomas Rowlandson and John Ogbourne after T00790

1792 · Etching and engraving on paper

image: 273 x 348 mm

Tate

Beggar’s Opera, Act III, engraved by William Blake

1790 · Engraving on paper

image: 401 x 537 mm

Tate

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The Frolick (The Search Light)

1790 · Engraving

Sheet: 2 11/16 x 3 1/4 in. (6.8 x 8.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Sheet of Studies of Heads

1790 · Red chalk

sheet: 9 x 14 1/8 in. (22.8 x 35.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Staymaker, engraved by Joseph Haynes

1782 · Etching on paper

image: 265 x 352 mm

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Tailpiece, or The Bathos

1764 · etching and engraving

sheet: 31.4 × 33.4 cm (12 3/8 × 13 1/8 in.) mount: 37.2 × 43.5 cm (14 5/8 × 17 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tailpiece, or the Bathos

1764 · Etching and engraving in black on cream wove paper

Plate: 31.5 × 33.5 cm (12 7/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 42.2 × 47.2 cm (16 5/8 × 18 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Tailpiece, or The Bathos

1764 · Etching and engraving; only state

sheet: 12 1/2 x 13 1/8 in. (31.8 x 33.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Tailpiece, or The Bathos

1764 · Etching and engraving; only state

plate: 12 11/16 x 13 5/16 in. (32.2 x 33.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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William Hogarth, Serjeant Painter to His Majesty

1764 · Engraving; seventh state of seven

Sheet: 15 15/16 x 14 in. (40.5 x 35.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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William Hogarth, Serjeant Painter to His Majesty

1764 · Etching and engraving; seventh state of seven

Sheet: 15 15/16 x 15 3/4 in. (40.5 x 40 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Wilkes Esq.

1763 · etching

sheet: 35.1 × 23 cm (13 13/16 × 9 1/16 in.) mount: 62.7 × 46.7 cm (24 11/16 × 18 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Bruiser

1763 · etching and engraving

sheet: 37.3 × 27.5 cm (14 11/16 × 10 13/16 in.) mount: 62.8 × 45.4 cm (24 3/4 × 17 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Times, pl.1

1762 · etching and engraving

sheet: 24.8 × 30.4 cm (9 3/4 × 11 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism

1762 · etching and engraving

sheet: 43.3 × 32.7 cm (17 1/16 × 12 7/8 in.) mount (irreg.): 62.7 × 43.5 cm (24 11/16 × 17 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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The Times, Plate 1

1762 · Etching and engraving; third state of three

plate: 9 9/16 x 12 in. (24.3 x 30.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Times, Plate 1

1762 · Etching and engraving; third state of three

sheet: 9 13/16 x 12 in. (25 x 30.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (7)

368 published of 387 catalogued · 227 with image

The Met
168 published9 img
Nga
90 published90 img
Art Institute Chicago
55 published55 img
Tate
44 published44 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published5 img
Rijksmuseum
5 published5 img
+ 1 more source · 19 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

58 entries · 2 sources

Ashley Cowper with his Wife and Daughter
1731 · Tate · 6 prov
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The Dance (The Happy Marriage ?VI: The Country Dance)
1745 · Tate · 6 prov
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Portrait of George Osborne, later John Ranby Jnr
1749 · Tate · 6 prov
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Three Ladies in a Grand Interior (‘The Broken Fan’), possibly Catherine Darnley, Duchess of Buckingham with Two Ladies
1736 · Tate · 6 prov
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Thomas Herring, Archbishop of Canterbury
1745 · Tate · 6 prov
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Portrait of Hannah, Daughter of John Ranby Snr
1749 · Tate · 6 prov
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Thomas Pellett, M.D.
1737 · Tate · 6 prov
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Head of a Lady, Called Lady Pembroke
1740 · Tate · 6 prov
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Southwark Fair
1733 · AIC · 5 prov
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After
1731 · Met · 5 prov
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Movements1

Surrealism

Collections6

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

Tate

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition On Being a Cartoonist

New York · 1946

Group Exhibition Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

New York · 1936