Hogarth: The Artist and the City

By Mark Hallett and Christine Riding

Book Overview

This text examines Hogarth's career, from his beginnings as a young engraver in the 1720s, through to his rise to fame as a painter & printmaker in the 1730s & 1740s. The book offers an understanding of the breadth of his achievements, showing his brilliance as a graphic satirist, urban commentator, draughtsman, portraitist, & history painter.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854376969
• ISBN13: 9781854376961
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Tate Publishing(UK)
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.5" x 12.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary