William Hogarth

William Hogarth (Known as "The Father of British Painting")

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Born Nov 10, 1697

London, Kingdom of England

Passed Away Oct 26, 1764 London, Kingdom of Great Britain

Lifespan 66 years old

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"My picture is my stage, and men and women my actors, who by means of certain actions and gestures are to exhibit a dumb show."

Archival Overview

English pictorial satirist, painter, and pioneer of comic strips whose moral narrative series 'A Rake's Progress' and 'Marriage A-la-Mode' exposed 18th-century corruption.

Biographical Record

William Hogarth (1697–1764 CE) trained as an engraver before establishing modern British narrative art and securing the historic Engraving Copyright Act ('Hogarth's Act') of 1735.

His sequential 'modern moral subjects', including A Harlot's Progress and Marriage A-la-Mode, functioned like visual novels ridiculing aristocratic greed and urban debauchery.

Key Life Milestones

1735

A Rake's Progress and Hogarth's Act

Published his 8-canvas series charting Tom Rakewell's descent and secured parliament's first visual copyright legislation.

1745

Marriage A-la-Mode Completed

Completed the 6-part series mocking arranged aristocratic marriages for money, celebrated for its razor-sharp detail.

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Final Resting Place

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Saint Nicholas Churchyard, Chiswick
London, United Kingdom

                         GPS: 51.4856, -0.2522                    

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