Hogarth. A Life and a World

Great Britain: Faber & Faber. Very Good. 1997. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0571169961 Paperback Paperback. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Hogarth. A Life and a World. Couple of small creases to cover. William Hogarth (1697-1764) stamped his name on an era - Hogarth's England. His prints hang in pubs and leap out from history books. He painted thje great and good but also the common people. In this powerful, rich and copiously illustrated biography, the author uncovers Hogarth the man, but also the world he sprang from and the lives he pictured - in his progresses of the Harlot and the Rake, in the fashionable Marriage A-la-Mode and the horrifying Gin Lane, and in his many conversation pieces, portraits and prints. Hogarth's story is a fascinating one: he moved in the worlds of theatre, literature, journalism and politics, and he lived through a period of extraordinary changes: the time of the British empire, with colonies built on slavery and convict labour, a time of great turbulence, with war abroad and riots and Jacobite rebellion at home; an exciting time of intellectual and scientific exploration. A fascinating study of an age and a portrait of a great artist, this book also reveals a proud, stubborn, comic, vulnerable man. Most importantly, it returns Hogarth to the people. Illustrated. 709+ pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .