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The chatelaine attached to Mary Edwards’ waist has a couple of interpretations:

1. Carries keys and tools necessary for a woman managing her own household.

2. The watch may be a ‘memento mori’ recognising her approaching death!

Thoughts?

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2018-03-01

Mrs Mary Edwards by portraying her in a state of great wealth amongst objects associated with successful men.

The text on the piece of paper being a scene from Cato, proclaiming the rights and liberties of individuals.

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2018-02-28

Hogarth making a joke about the craze for tiny lapdogs by including a minuscule one on an expensive cushion in Taste in High Life.

A craze that is very much still around!

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2018-02-28

Hogarth’s House is open to visitors, admission free, Tuesday to Sunday from 12 noon to 5pm, with special openings on Bank Holiday Mondays. Closed Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year’s Day.
More info: https://t.co/IAzwLTDMje

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2018-02-24

Possibly a trend going on here 🤔

Simone Pignoni, John Smith, and William Hogarth opting to represent their sitters holding a lamb representing the saint St.Agnes 🐑

She stood up to those telling her who to marry, and stuck by her chosen ‘husband’ Jesus Christ.

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2018-02-23

The clergyman with the telescope is guessed to be Horace Walpole, his chair being pushed over by Stephen Fox. Walpole was a and lecturer on optics.

However he had no known connections with this group, so the identification is still debatable!

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2018-02-21

Charity in the Cellar detail: If all the identifications are correct, these men are all members of parliament or of political background.

The man to the right is holding open the wine tap, creating a visible pun on his friend’s penis. 🤔

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2018-02-21

A rather over-fed and overdressed French boy for the streets of London...

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2018-02-17

Details from The Gaols Committee.

The accused, (supposedly Thomas Bambridge) clenching his fists on the left, while the jury examine the illegal shackles and torture instruments on the table.

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2018-02-15

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Love William Hogarth x

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2018-02-14

The Good Samaritan - the second of Hogarth’s canvases for St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
The bearded Samaritan pours healing ointments onto the wounded and robbed Israelite 🙏🏻

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2018-02-12

A Midnight Modern Conversation - known solely from engraving from 1732.

A glimpse of what the painting may have looked like can be seen in “The Battle Of The Pictures”.

The image shows 11 drunk men around a table at 4am, can anyone relate??

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2018-02-06

Il pittore inglese William Hogarth era un autentico burlone.

Troviamo sempre, nelle sue opere, dettagli sorprendenti attraverso cui l'artista scherza con noi.

Guardate le strane statuette sopra il camino in questa tela del 1743.

Sembrano dipinte da un bambino!

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2018-02-03

Portrait of Jane Thornhill who Hogarth met as the daughter of his teacher Sir James Thornhill. He eloped with Jane and married, but did not have any children together.

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2018-02-03

The Marriage - Plate 5 from the depicting Tom Rakewell. Here, he marries an old woman for her fortune in Marylebone church which was well-known then for clandestine weddings. Tom is more interested in the maid than his one-eyed bride!

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2018-01-20

The Shrimp Girl painting by in 1750 is held in the National Gallery. The engraving was commissioned by his widow, Jane Hogarth and engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi in 1982 using a stippling method which creates strong tonal values and delicate flesh hues.

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2018-01-06

Sadly Mr and Mrs Soane’s last Christmas together in 1814 museum have been marred by worry about their son George who was in the King’s Bench Prison, where Hogarth depicted in Rake’s Progress, for debt:’(

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2017-12-29

This drawing by Hogarth was used to solicit support for the Foundling Hospital in 1739. The hospital cared for the numerous abandoned babies in London, and was campaigned for by Thomas Coram. Coram’s portrait by Hogarth now hangs in the

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2017-12-02

In this portrait of Lady Mary West and Lord Grey as children, Hogarth includes a puppy, a biscuit, and a teething toy all indicating the high social standing and the age of the sitters. The pup, however, provides a cruel yet amusing insert into the portrait.

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2017-12-02

Fab review of show & book in this week’s “brings the artist out from the shadow of William Hogarth... In Highmore’s hands, character never slides into caricature.” More on book here https://t.co/m1NVoFeWNL

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2017-11-23