2/2 Horn and drum: musicians at Hogarth's Southwark Fair, 1733. Plus the Trojan horse!

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We're celebrating the Birthday of artist William Hogarth, who was in 1697! Read & learn how artist David Hockney related to Hogarth's work, The Rake’s Progress, from our 2013 exhibition, Hockney to Hogarth. https://t.co/OcYbsBPkzm

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Why tweet a copy of Hogarth's Wilkes? It is so easy to find an image of his print on line, e.g., this one https://t.co/6vAhHKvvEw

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And a great self-promoter and propagandist - plenty of modern parallels. Somehow he and his supporters managed to turn Hogarth's caricature of him into something positive - "Wilkes and Liberty"

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Goya/Hogarth at gets glowing review in The :
'Goya's prints of war, madness and folly are founding masterpieces of modern art ... His nightmares were anticipated by Hogarth's ... groteque scenes ... This show compares these great printmakers.'

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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."

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Details from Hogarth's Gin Lane - which you can see up close at our next week! https://t.co/Wsp9vOvDEd

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Hello twitter, here are some portraits of Ordinary Folk. Because, as sparkly as they are, History is not all about Rich People.

– watercress seller (1780)
– kitchen servant at Oxford (c1680s)
– [believed to be] Washington's enslaved cook (c1795)
– Hogarth's servants (1750s)

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An Election Series - 'Though set in the fictional constituency of 'Guzzle-down', Hogarth's attack on the fatuousness and corruption of contemporary politics draws its inspiration from polling in Oxfordshire during the General Election of 1754’

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You can find Hogarth's original print of Wilkes (and many others) at https://t.co/PMYG8mxfgA. Spot the differences!

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Spot differences between Hogarth's print of Wilkes (below) and 19th-century copy (above). Bad copies harm Hogarth's reputation as an artist.

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Here is Hogarth's print of John Wilkes, for information about it, see https://t.co/pZpZhDnQDU

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Hogarth's gin drinkers didn't add tonic.

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Hogarth's most ambitious portrait of children can be seen in Room 34. This self-portrait hangs in Room 10 of .

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"Humours of a 4-part satire series c1800 - Entertainment, Canvassing, Polling & Charing https://t.co/fdjBOSWjxl

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William Hogarth's servants, surrounding his butler

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Hogarth's "Time Smoking a Picture" satirizes those who prize artworks mainly for their age. prints: https://t.co/T6IHmtABQi

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Study Hogarth's vision as a portraitist, caricaturist, engraver, moralist and flâneur: https://t.co/cLOJYsSATe

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There's more to Hogarth's 'The Graham Children', our Picture of the Month, than meets the eye http://t.co/ZFQPpd7kNT

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Beer Street (left) & Gin Lane (right) - William Hogarth's 1751 engravings showing the joy of beer and evils of gin

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