British Painter and Printmaker, 1697-1764
English painter and engraver. He played a crucial part in establishing an English school of painting, both through the quality of his painting and through campaigns to improve the status of the artist in England. He also demonstrated that artists could become independent of wealthy patrons by publishing engravings after their own paintings. Related Paintings of HOGARTH, William :. | Marriage a la Mode 4 | Soliciting Votes s | The Marriage of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox f | The Shrimp Girl sf | The Graham Chidren (mk08) | Related Artists: John Skinner Prout (1805-76), nephew of the famous English watercolourist Samuel Prout (1783-1852) Ippolito Caffi Italian Painter, 1809-1866 Pierre Auguste Pichon 1805-1900