ISBN: 1854376969 9781854376961

Category: Art / General

Page count: 264

This text examines Hogarth's career, from his beginnings as a young engraver in the 1720s, through to his rise to fame as a painter & printmaker in the 1730s & 1740s. The book offers an understanding of the breadth of his achievements, showing his brilliance as a graphic satirist, urban commentator, draughtsman, portraitist, & history painter.