Attributed to William Hogarth – Sr Robt. Fagg & the Gipsy.
Attributed to William Hogarth – Sr Robt. Fagg & the Gipsy.
An interesting little print.
Fagg, seated on his horse is holding a money bag in his left hand and a coin in his right, which is being offered to the Gipsy woman standing before him.
She has her right arm upstretched towards him, and a basket of her wares over her left arm.
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.
