Francesco Bartolozzi after William Hogarth – Shrimps!

William Hogarth – Shrimps! A lively portrait after Hogarth’s painting which now hangs in the National Gallery, of a shrimp seller.

She is depicted three quarter length, smiling cheerfully over her shoulder, with one bare breast. Carries a wickerwork tray of shrimps with a half pint measuring pot on her head.

William Hogarth

William Hogarth, (born November 10, 1697, London, England—died October 26, 1764, London).  The first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad, best known for his MORAL and satirical engravings and paintings—e.g., A Rake’s Progress (eight scenes,1733).

His attempts to build a reputation as a history painter and portraitist, however, met with financial disappointment. His aesthetic theories had more influence in Romantic literature than in painting.

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