William Birch after William Hogarth – Sketches by Hogarth of Lord Lovet’s Trial
Three of four, lacking plate 2 of a rare set of prints of sketches of figures at Lord Lovat’s trial, 1747.
Perhaps intended as studies to be reproduced in reverse for figures in the engraving by Remigius Parr, ‘The East View of Westminster Hall…’.
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.
