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  Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête

  The Tête à Tête is the second canvas in the series of six satirical paintings known as Marriage à-la-mode, painted by William Hogarth. The painting is the sparsest in terms of characters present, with only 4: While the details are not always settled upon (the time of the day is one of the most...
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  Marriage à-la-mode: 6. The Lady's Death

  The Lady's Death is the sixth and final canvas in the series of satirical paintings known as Marriage à-la-mode painted by William Hogarth. The Countess has returned to her father's house after her husband’s murder. The moral drama is concluded with her having moved from dissipation and vice to...
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  Characters and Caricaturas

  Characters and Caricaturas is a engraving by English artist William Hogarth, that he produced as the subscription ticket for his 1743 series of prints, Marriage à-la-mode, and which was eventually issued as a print in its own right. Critics had sometimes dismissed the exaggerated features of...
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  St. Jerome in His Study

  St. Jerome in His Study (German: Der heilige Hieronymus im Gehäus) is an engraving of 1514 by the German artist Albrecht Dürer. In the engraving, St. Jerome sits behind a desk, engrossed in work. The table, on the corner of which is a cross, is typical of the Renaissance. An imaginary line from...
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  Sigismunda mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo

  Sigismunda mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo, fully titled Sigismunda mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo, her murder'd Husband, is an oil painting by British artist William Hogarth. Finished in 1759, it was the principal piece of the eight works he displayed in an exhibition in 1761. It was...
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  March of the Guards to Finchley

  The March of the Guards to Finchley, also known as The March to Finchley or The March of the Guards, is a 1750 oil-on-canvas painting by English artist William Hogarth, owned by the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children since 1750 and now housed at the Foundling Museum. Hogarth was well-known for...
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  The Bench

  The Bench is the title of both a 1758 oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist William Hogarth, and a print issued by him in the same year. Unlike many of Hogarth's engravings produced from painted originals, the print differs considerably from the painting. It was intended as a demonstration...
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  The Great Hercules

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  The Enraged Musician

  The Enraged Musician is a 1741 etching and engraving by English artist William Hogarth which depicts a comic scene of a violinist driven to distraction by the cacophony outside his window. It was issued as companion piece to the third state of his print of The Distrest Poet. In November 1740,...