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  Columbus Breaking the Egg

  Columbus Breaking the Egg is a 1752 engraving by English artist William Hogarth. Issued as the subscription ticket for his treatise on art, The Analysis of Beauty, it depicts an apocryphal tale concerning Christopher Columbus's response to detractors of his discovery of the New World. Hogarth uses...
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  Gin Lane

  William Hogarth produced the twin engraving Beer Street and Gin Lane at the height of what became known as the London Gin Craze in 1751. They were printed at the same time as Hogarth's friend Henry Fielding published his contribution to the debate on gin: An Inquiry into the Late Increase in...
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  Scene from Shakespeare's The Tempest

  Scene from Shakespeare's The Tempest is a painting by William Hogarth, an 18th century English painter. Hogarth painted this work as a special project for one of his devoted band of patrons - The Earl of Macclesfield. The painting had hung on the walls of Nostell Priory, near Wakefield, West...
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  Canvassing for Votes

  "Canvassing for Votes" was the second of a series of four oil paintings, titled "The Humours of an Election", by English painter, engraver, and social critic William Hogarth (1697 - 1764). Completed in 1755, this painting, along with the other three that make up the complete...
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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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  The Polling

  "The Polling" was the third of a series of four oil paintings, titled "The Humours of an Election", by English painter, engraver, and social critic William Hogarth (1697 - 1764). Completed in 1755, this painting, along with the other three that make up the complete series, is...
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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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  Second Stage of Cruelty

  "Second Stage of Cruelty" is the second of a series of four engraving prints titled "The Four Stages of Cruelty" published by William Hogarth in 1751.
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  The Reward of Cruelty

  "The Reward of Cruelty" is the last of a series of four engraving prints titled "The Four Stages of Cruelty" published by William Hogarth in 1751.
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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,...