Companion Pieces: Beer Street and Gin Lane
William Hogarth (London 1697 - London 1764)
Lot-No. 417
Proceeds : 1.000 €
Etching and engraving, 38,5 to 39 x 32 to 32,5 cm, matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Paulson 185 III/IV and 186 III/IV. - Probably the most important English engraver and etcher; worked also as painter. H. mainly picked out social themes as themes and became one of the most successful artists of his time. In 1773 he wrote the standard work 'The Analysis of Beauty'. Mus.: London (British Mus., Nat. Gall., Tate), Florence (Uffici), San Francisco (Fine Arts Mus.), Los Angeles (Getty) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Paulson: The Art of H. a. others.
William Hogarth: Companion Pieces: Beer Street and Gin Lane
William Hogarth (London 1697 - London 1764)
Companion Pieces: Beer Street and Gin Lane
Lot-No. 417
Proceeds : 1.000 €
Etching and engraving, 38,5 to 39 x 32 to 32,5 cm, matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Paulson 185 III/IV and 186 III/IV. - Probably the most important English engraver and etcher; worked also as painter. H. mainly picked out social themes as themes and became one of the most successful artists of his time. In 1773 he wrote the standard work 'The Analysis of Beauty'. Mus.: London (British Mus., Nat. Gall., Tate), Florence (Uffici), San Francisco (Fine Arts Mus.), Los Angeles (Getty) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Paulson: The Art of H. a. others.
