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Hogarth: behind the portraits

William Hogarth (1697–1764) self-portrait, 1745 [The Painter and his Pug] © Tate, London, 2004
William Hogarth (1697–1764)
self-portrait, 1745 [The Painter and his Pug]
© Tate, London, 2004

The paintings of William Hogarth provide an exceptional record of life in Hanoverian England. Here - alongside the Oxford DNB’s biography of the artist - are the life stories of some of the Hogarth’s sitters and associates. Read the lives behind the portraits for a glimpse of Hogarth's world - from charity and politeness to corruption and vice.