The Bench

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

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

Subjects

quill, rest/sleep, genre, legal costume, spectacles, wig, coat of arms, judge

Materials & Techniques

engraving

Artist

William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)

Title

The Bench

Date

1758

Medium

Engraving

Acquisition

Presented by Dr. Peter Rusk, November 1971

GAC number

9542