In the time of Hogarth, the engraving was considered a genre unworthy of a real artist, not an art, but a craft. Yes, and Hogarth for most of his life

Hogarth’s fascination with portraits is not at all surprising. At that time it was almost the only genre of painting in which British artists could compete with the often invited

“Fashionable marriage” was the first satirical series, ridiculing the mores of the upper strata of society. The theme of the series was a marriage of convenience between the son of

Hogarth surprisingly well knew how to write animals and they are present on most of his paintings. Sometimes he replaced animal images with decorative details, but more often the images