William Hogarth

Antique prints after William Hogarth

William Hogarth (1697–1764) was the leading English satirist of his age, whose narrative series and theatrical scenes were engraved and re-engraved for decades after his death. This selection includes plates after The Beggars' Opera, Hudibras and A Rake's Progress, engraved by Thomas Clerk and Thomas Cook between 1726 and 1870.

The category interests collectors of English satire and eighteenth-century social history. Each engraving is an original period impression, with a technical description and exact measurements.