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Died 26 October 1764 (aged 66) London, England
Occupation Painter, engraver, satirist
Spouse Jane Thornhill, daughter of Sir James Thornhill
English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects". Knowledge of his work is so pervasive that satirical political illustrations in this style are often referred to as "Hogarthian."
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William Hogarth
English, 1697 - 1764
Died 26 October 1764 (aged 66) London, England
Occupation Painter, engraver, satirist
Spouse Jane Thornhill, daughter of Sir James Thornhill
English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects". Knowledge of his work is so pervasive that satirical political illustrations in this style are often referred to as "Hogarthian."
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