The Pool of Bethesda

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

The portraits and social satires of William Hogarth, painter and engraver, have come to define the period in which he lived. His best known works include his series of satirical of paintings, such as ‘The Beggar’s Opera’ (c.1729, Birmingham City Art Gallery, private collection and National Gallery of Art, Washington) and ‘A Rake’s Progress’ (c.1734, Sir John Soane's Museum, London). He also painted formal portraits, including the philanthropist ‘Captain Thomas Coram’ (1740, Coram family, in the care of the Foundling Museum, London) and ‘The Graham Children’ (1742, National Gallery, London). Hogarth lived and worked in London for most of his life and was a major benefactor of the Foundling Museum during the 1740s, founded by Captain Coram.

Places

England, London, Middle East

Subjects

dog, baby, man, woman, nude, walking stick, crutches, healing, lame, blindness, illness, New Testament, pool

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Simon Francois Ravenet (1706 - 1774)
Victor Marie Picot (1744 - 1802?)

Title

The Pool of Bethesda

Date

published 24 February 1772

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from the Parker Gallery, January 1978

GAC number

13699