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The urns have pine cone finials and rich swags of fruit and flowers, symbolising fertility. The #Hogarths' new house stood in a former orchard (the mulberry survives). WH wrote of lilies, irises & parsley as demonstrating his serpentine 'Line of Beauty'. Top right in the print
Apart from #William's birthday, November was not a happy month for the #Hogarths. On this day Jane nee Thornhill, his beloved wife, died. She was buried @StNicksW4. Here's her coffin plate & Lysons' sketch showing her name on the same face as William's (Yale CBA B1977.14.20299)
It’s National Dog Day! I hope all of you dog owners pamper your pooch extravagantly 🐶
Here is Hogarth’s dog. Held by the Tate gallery "Hogarth's pug dog, Trump, serves as an emblem of the artist's own pugnacious character." #williamhogarth #NationalDogDay #18thcentury
#furryfridays today with the lovely spaniel in the back of ‘Girl with a Birdcage, said to be of the Stamford Family’ by #williamhogarth
Possibly painted as a memorial to a deceased child - her pale complexion and handkerchief wrapped round her neck. 👼🏻
First - George II and Family in a Park (sketch) and second - ‘Kent’s Temple on a Mount in Richmond Gardens’
A projected conversation piece of the royal family that was never completed, and remained in #Hogarth’s studio. #royalfamily #18thcentury
HRH William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as a Boy. (1732)
The youngest and favourite son of George II and Queen Caroline, painted in Hogarth’s nearly successful effort to gain the favour of the royal family 👸🏻🤴🏻
#williamhogarth 18thcentury
Happy weekend!
Left: The Rake at Oxford, or A Consultation of Physicians (sketch) which could be an abandoned first thought for the opening scene of A Rake’s Progress.
Right: The official plate 1 of A Rake’s Progress by #williamhogarth
#18thcentury #saturday
The Ascension Altarpiece, Triptych for St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol.
These 3 pieces depict the story of the resurrection of Christ after the crucifixion, and his ascension to heaven forty days later 🌤
Each quoting texts from the King James Bible.
#williamhogarth #18thcentury
Furry Fridays is back! 🐶
This week we feature the furry friend that is the spaniel in ‘Before’ and ‘After’ by #williamhogarth
Protecting his owner at all times!
#furryfridays #dog #18thcentury