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Item Details
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HOGARTH
A LIFE AND A WORLD |
| By: |
Jenny Uglow |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£25.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571169961 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571169962 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1997 |
| Pages: |
800 |
| Description: |
The paintings and engravings of William Hogarth, the subject of this biography, have always been popular, but outside art history little is known about his life in 18th-century London, where he moved in the worlds of theatre, literature, journalism and politics. |
| Synopsis: |
The paintings and engravings of William Hogarth, the subject of this biography, have always been popular, but outside art history little is known about his life. He moved in the worlds of theatre, literature, journalism and politics, and found subjects for his work over the whole gamut of 18th-century London, from street scenes to drawing rooms, and from churches to gambling halls and prisons. Hogarth was made wealthy by his engravings for "The Harlot's Progress", but remained highly critical of the growing gulf between the luxurious lives of the ruling elite and the wretched poverty of the masses. Swift described him as a "pleasant rogue", and he numbered the likes of Pope and Horace Walpole among his friends. |
| Illustrations: |
8pp colour and 190 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: Biography Category 1997 |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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