William Hogarth

Born 10 November 1697 London, England

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."