Decades before the French Revolution, the Age of Enlightenment saw a sudden outbreak of irrational sentiment, expressed in exuberant emotions, notions of spiritualistic gender switching, and a ...

When his critics referenced Hogarth in their own work, a pug was sometimes used as a stand-in to represent the painter. Elsewhere in the painting, you can see a stack of books written by William ...

George IV and Queen Victoria were all eager purchasers of Hogarth's work, and today the Royal Collection includes an important group of the artist's prints, drawings and paintings. William Hogarth ...