William Hogarth (1697-1764) - Early 19th Century Engraving - Noon

Description

A delightful engraving of Hogarth's 'Noon', one of four prints from his Time of Day series. The series depicts life in the streets of London. Noon shows French Huguenots leaving the French Chapel in Hog Lane, Soho. Their elegant dress and perfect poise contrasts with those of the English on the left hand side of the scene. The figures on the left smash plates, eat food from the floor and throw from windows. It is thought that Hogarth wanted to show the stark differences between the French and the English. Engraving published in March 1738. On paper.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration. There are some small pin holes to the edges of the print.

Size

49 x 39cm (19.3" x 15.4")
Framed Size: 68 x 58cm (26.8" x 22.8")

Collection Information

Sulis Fine Art is extremely delighted to present this expansive collection of engravings by and after the greatest image-maker of the 18th Century, William Hogarth (1697-1764). Many of the works are by Thomas Cook, who published them in his 1806 'Hogarth Restored', while others are from the original plates acquired by the publisher John Boydell in 1789, and the later Heath edition of 1822.

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Artist Biography

William Hogarth FRSA (1697-1765) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures termed "modern moral subjects". He is perhaps best known for his series 'A Harlot's Progress', 'A Rake's Progress' and 'Marriage A-la-Mode'. Knowledge of his work is so pervasive and influential that satirical political illustrations in this style are often referred to as "Hogarthian".

Born in London to a lower-middle-class family, Hogarth first took up an apprenticeship with a silver engraver, and later set up his own studio, primarily working in copper. His father underwent periods of mixed fortune, and was at one time imprisoned in lieu of outstanding debts, an event that is thought to have informed William's paintings and prints with a hard edge.

Perhaps most poignantly, the words of Charles Lamb encapsulate the work of Hogarth, as he described his images to be books, filled with "the teeming, fruitful, suggestive meaning of words. Other pictures we look at; his pictures we read."

Location

London, UK