Research Catalog

Title

Anecdotes of William Hogarth / William Hogarth ; introduced by Martin Myrone.

Author

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764

Publication

• Los Angeles, California : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2020]
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

Myrone, Martin

Description

191 pages : color illustrations; 15 cm.

Summary

One of the most visible, popular, and significant artists of his generation, William Hogarth (1697-1764) is best known for his acerbic, strongly moralizing works, which were mass-produced and widely disseminated as prints during his lifetime. This volume is a fascinating look into the notorious English satirical artist's life, presenting 'Anecdotes of William Hogarth, Written by Himself' ; a collection of autobiographical vignettes supplemented with short texts and essays written by his contemporaries, first published in 1785.

Series Statement

Lives of the Artists

Uniform Title

Lives of the artists (Pallas Athene (Firm))

Subject

• Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Anecdotes
• Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
• 1700-1799
• Painters > England > Biography
• Art and society > England > History > 18th century
• Social conditions
• Painters
• Art and society
• England > Social conditions > 18th century > Caricatures and cartoons
• England

Genre/Form

• History.
• Caricatures and cartoons.
• Biographies.
• Autobiographies.
• Anecdotes.

Note

• "Anecdotes of William Hogarth presents a fascinating autobiographical look at the notorious English satirical artist. William Hogarth (1697-1764) was a painter, printmaker, critic, and cartoonist. He is best known for his painted and engraved series A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress, and Marriage A-la-Mode. These acerbically satirical and strongly moralizing works were mass-produced and widely disseminated as prints during his lifetime. This made Hogarth one of the most popular and significant artists of his generation. Lending further insight into the life and career of the renowned artist, this volume presents Hogarth's colorful autobiographical writings, supplemented with his own descriptions of his prints and an explanation of the narrative and meaning of his famed series Marriage A-la-Mode. An introduction by Martin Myrone, lead curator of British art to 1800 at Tate, contextualizes and expounds on these texts."--taken from front cover flap.
• ""In the ensuing pages it shall be my endeavour to vindicate myself from these aspersions ..." So declares Hogarth early on in his autobiographical work Anecdotes of William Hogarth, in which the famed satirical artist speaks with candor and passion - and a bit of cantankerous grumbling - about his professional journey and the realities of life as an artist in eighteenth-century England, where he struggled to earn a living and make a name for himself before attaining success and widespread recognition."--taken from back cover.

Contents

Introduction / Martin Myrone -- Anecdotes of William Hogarth, by himself / edited by John Ireland. Chapter 1 ; Chapter 2 ; Chapter 3 ; Chapter 4 ; Chapter 5 -- Remarks on various prints, by William Hogarth / edited by John Ireland -- Remarks on Marriage A-la-Mode, by William Hogarth / edited by John Ireland, with further explanations by Thomas Clerk -- List of illustrations.

Call Number

JQB 21-22

ISBN

• 9781606066447
• 1606066447

OCLC

1184098620

Author

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, author.

Title

Anecdotes of William Hogarth / William Hogarth ; introduced by Martin Myrone.

Publisher

Los Angeles, California : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Lives of the Artists

Lives of the artists (Pallas Athene (Firm))

Chronological Term

1700-1799

Added Author

Myrone, Martin, writer of introduction.

Research Call Number

JQB 21-22