William Hogarth (nonfiction)
William Hogarth FRSA (/ˈhoʊɡɑːrθ/; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an 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".
On February 24, 1755, his satirical print "An Election Entertainment" was published. It contained a Tory sign bearing the inscription "Give us our eleven days," refering to the fact that eleven dates were removed from the calendar when England converted to the Gregorian calendar on September 14, 1752.0
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's An Election Entertainment.
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External links:
- William Hogarth @ Wikipedia