Celebrating Britain: Canaletto, Hogarth and Patriotism

by Steven Parissien and Pat Hardy

By 1750 Britain was - as Jacqueline Riding shows - at peace with her traditional enemy, France, and had finally extinguished the threat from the Catholic Jacobites. The art of William Hogarth - particularly his great canvas O The Roast Beef of Old England of 1749 - duly reflected this new sense of security and pride in being British. The economy was booming. Trade was expanding. And newly-confident Britons were no longer looking to Italy or France...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1907372784
• ISBN13: 9781907372780
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages