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Survey of London
… inscribed 'Sadler's Wells' shown in the 1743 print and in Hogarth's Evening of 1738. Hogarth's print, not intended as a reliable topographical …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… His friend, J. T. Smith, related that plates of Hogarth's Industry and Idleness hung in the schoolroom; once …
Middlesex county records
… were publicly dissected, as shown in the last plate of Hogarth's series of the Progress of Cruelty. A plan in the …
Old and New London
… famous battle of Sedgemoor. GAMBLE'S SHOP-BILL. ( After Hogarth.) "The ruthless head of historical truth," says a …
Old and New London
… Sir James Thornhill, the painter, whose daughter married Hogarth. The house, which is still unaltered in its main … design, of which we give a copy on page 193, is worthy of Hogarth's pencil. The narrow, winding lane running southwards … in large force. As such it is immortalised by Hogarth. The Greek inscription still remaining over the door, …
Old and New London
… amusements of the English people." SOUTHWARK FAIR. ( After Hogarth's Picture.) Strype, in his first edition of "Stow," …
Old and New London
… in the old writers; but it is most familiar to us through Hogarth's picture of "Southwark Fair." In his time the fair … portion of the inhabitants of that favoured locality. In Hogarth's platea copy of which we reproduce on page 55we see … of another famous rope-dancer, Violante, is introduced by Hogarth. From the steeple of the church of St. …
Survey of London
… of the 'river' after whose chief promoter it is named. Hogarth's Evening (1738) shows it busy and smoke-filled. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… was ranger at Hampton Court. 5 Littleton House contained Hogarth's famous picture 'Actors Dressing,' which was …
Old and New London
… In 1736 the grand staircase was painted gratuitously by Hogarth, whose heart always warmed to works of charity. The … on a bier by monks, which is the work of some other hand. Hogarth's two pictures for which he was made life goyernor, … in medicine than in letters. The friend of Dr. Mead, Hogarth, and other celebrities, he was a very notable …