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Charles Knight said that in Beer Street Hogarth had been "rapt beyond himself" and given the characters depicted in the scene an air of "tipsy jollity". [29] Charles Lamb considered Gin Lane sublime, and focused on the almost invisible funeral procession that Hogarth had added beyond the broken-down wall at the rear of the scene as mark of his ...
Charles Lamb dismissed the series as mere caricature, not worthy to be included alongside Hogarth's other work, but rather something produced as the result of a "wayward humour" outside of his normal habits. [26] Art historian Allan Cunningham also had strong feelings about the series: [27] I wish it had never been painted.
Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847).
The series was released on Region 2 DVD in a box set with Chapman's earlier Spindoe by Network DVD in June 2007. The series is presented on the DVD from the original videotapes, except episode one (containing the infamous acid-throwing scene) which exists only via a telerecorded film copy, where the image quality is noticeably inferior to the other episodes.
A Harlot's Progress is a 2006 British television film directed by Justin Hardy and starring Zoe Tapper, Toby Jones, Sophie Thompson and Richard Wilson. [1] The story is based on the series of paintings entitled A Harlot's Progress by William Hogarth.
Billionaire Charles Dolan, a trailblazer in bringing cable television to a large part of the US who created what became HBO, has died at age 98. He was also the head of a family with an "empire ...
Fake or Fortune? is a BBC One documentary television series which examines the provenance and attribution of notable artworks. [1] Since the first series aired in 2011, Fake or Fortune? has drawn audiences of up to 5 million viewers in the UK, [2] the highest for an arts show in that country.
William Hogarth FRSA (/ ˈ h oʊ ɡ ɑːr θ /; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, social critic, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art.