William Hogarth

William Hogarth (November 10, 1697 – October 26,1764) was a major British painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, and editorial cartoonist who has been credited as a pioneer in western sequential art. His work ranged from excellent realistic portraiture to Comic strip-like series of pictures called “modern moral subjects.” Much of his work poked humorous, at times vicious, fun at contemporary politics and customs.

Physical links

• Hogarth's original paintings for A Rake's Progress can be seen in the painting room at the Sir John Soane Museum.
• Hogarth's house is now a museum and can be visited at Hogarth Lane, Great West Road, Chiswick, London, W4 2QN. For more information see . One of London's best known road junctions is named after Hogarth - the junction of the A316 Great Chertsey Road and the A4 Great West Road.