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Hogarth : the artist and the city

Hallett, Mark2006
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This text examines Hogarth's career, from his beginnings as a young engraver in the 1720s, through to his rise to fame as a painter & printmaker in the 1730s & 1740s. The book offers an understanding of the breadth of his achievements, showing his brilliance as a graphic satirist, urban commentator, draughtsman, portraitist, & history painter.
Main title:
Hogarth : the artist and the city / Mark Hallett and Christine Riding.
Imprint:
London : Tate, 2006.
Collation:
240 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.
Notes:
This text examines Hogarth's career, from his beginnings as a young engraver in the 1720s, through to his rise to fame as a painter & printmaker in the 1730s & 1740s. The book offers an understanding of the breadth of his achievements, showing his brilliance as a graphic satirist, urban commentator, draughtsman, portraitist, & history painter.
ISBN:
1854376969 (hbk)9781854376626185437662497818543769619781854376961 (hbk pbk)
Dewey class:
760.092759.2
Language:
English
Index terms:
British artists18th century
BRN:
2125634
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