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Set of 6 Melamine Coasters depicting scenes of drinking by William Hogarth
This unique greeting card features the art of William Hogarth.
An 8 postcard set in a presentation box depicting William Hogarth's masterpiece of social commentary ‘A Rake’s Progress’ painted in 1733. The eight paintings in the series tell the story of Tom Rakewell, a young man who follows a path of vice and self-destruction after inheriting a fortune from his miserly father, finally ending up deranged and penniless in Bedlam, after his failure to establish himself in society.
Postcard Dimensions: 17.5x12.5cm
To find out more about this series of paintings, click link below:
http://www.soane.org/collections_legacy/the_soane_hogarths/rakes_progress/
4 postcards in a presentation box depicting Hogarth's masterpiece of political satire ‘An Election', 1754-5. The four paintings in Hogarth’s final ‘modern moral subject’ series were inspired by the notorious Oxfordshire contest in the General Election of 1754. Oxfordshire had been held, uncontested, by the party of 'Old Interest', the Tories, since 1710. In 1752 the Whigs, the party of 'New Interest', who already held a large majority in Parliament, decided to contest the Oxfordshire seats and this heralded a two-year campaign characterised by unprecedented levels of bribery and corruption. The back of each postcard has a short description detailing the action contained within each painting.
Dimensions 17.5x12.5cm
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This catalogue was produced for the ‘Artists at the Hustings’ exhibition and details Hogarth’s masterpiece of 18th century political satire The Humours of an Election series.
A description of the two sets of famous Hogarth paintings in the Museum collection - A Rake's Progress and An Election.
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