Pug and Bear Antique Hogarth Print
by Village Antiques
Title
Pug and Bear Antique Hogarth Print
Artist
Village Antiques
Medium
Digital Art - Antique Print
Description
A classic work by the father of English Satire, William Hogarth, carefully reproduced from the original in our collection. This unique image represents the quarrel between two great 18th century satirists. Hogarth depicts British poet and satirist, Charles Churchill (1731-1764) as a drunken bear hugging a club made of lies whole Hogarth’s pet bulldog (named "Trump") urinates on Churchill’s Epistle to William Hogarth, a long poem in which Churchill attacked Hogarth for vanity and hypocrisy. The complex feud between the two men arose in part over the trial of free expression champion John Wilkes, and an engraving Hogarth made of Wilkes as a demonic figure.
William Hogarth was one of the greatest English printmakers, satirists and cartoonists of the 18th Century. His work ranged from realistic portraiture the series of comic book style strips of pictures he called "modern moral subjects," such as A Harlot's Progress and Marriage A-la-Mode. Hogarth was born in London to a lower middle class family whose fortunes vacillated but were dealt and extreme blow when his father, a teacher and classical scholar, was thrown into prison because of unpaid debts. With their social message, Hogarth's works were widely reproduced and very popular and influential in his lifetime.
Perfect wall art for a British pub or tavern.
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April 11th, 2018
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