The Charmers of the Age
£120.00
Richard Livesay after William Hogarth.
The Charmers of the Age
Published London ca. 1780
Etching
220 x 280 mm
£120
Richard Livesay after William Hogarth. – The Charmers of the Age
A very close copy of Hogarths etching, made by Livesay in the last quarter of the Eighteenth Century. Early state copies of thius are sometimes confused with the original.
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.