● Born in 1697 in London

● Had an education of a mechanic

● Apprenticed to the engraver Ellis Gamble

● Was a curious observer of men and manners

● Possessed a frank robust personality

● At 22 opened his own engraving and printing shop

Adored to paint in the mean time

Acquired the use of the brush A commenced

painter of small conversational pieces

Paved the way for success

“Wanstead Assembly”

1730- married to Jane Thornhill

1-st series of moral paintings “The Harolt’s Progress”

1757- was assigned to the post of King’s sergeant-painter

1762- anti-war satire “The Times”

Produced a general health decay

1764- William Hogarth died

Marriage-a-la-Mode (1)

Marriage-a-la-Mode (2)

All the works of this original genius are lectures of morality. They are satires of particular vices and follies. Nothing is without a meaning, but all either conspires to the great end, or forms an addition to the lively drama of human manners.