Splendid Collection of the works of Hogarth. 154 copper engravings from the restored original plates of the 18th century

J. Nichols und Sohn, London, 1822 A.D.

You bid on a comprehensive collection of the works of William Hogarth. The 154 copper engravings have been printed from the original plates of the 18th century, restored by James Heath.

The following engravings are contained:
Early satirical works as an Emblematical Print on the South Sea Scheme (1721), about the disastrous stock market crash of 1720 known as the South Sea Bubble, in which many English people lost a great deal of money.

Other early works include The Lottery (1724); A Just View of the British Stage (1724); Masquerades and Operas (1724). In 1726 Hogarth prepared twelve large engravings for Samuel Butler's Hudibras. These he himself valued highly, and are among his best book illustrations.

Hogarth's other works include A Midnight Modern Conversation (1733), Southwark Fair (1733), The Sleeping Congregation (1736), The Distrest Poet (1736), The Four Times of the Day (1738), and Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn (1738) as well as Harlot's and Rake's Progresses (1731/35), Marriage à-la-mode (1743–1745), Industry and Idleness (1747), Beer Street and Gin Lane (1751), The Four Stages of Cruelty (1751), as well as several portraits.

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William Hogarth (1697-1764) was a major English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, and editorial cartoonist who has been credited as a pioneer in western sequential art. His work ranged from excellent realistic portraiture to Comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects." Much of his work, though at times vicious, poked fun at contemporary politics and customs.