William Hogarth

Hogarth’s penetrating vision and ferocious satirical style are seen most famously in his narrative cycles The Rake’s Progress and The Harlot’s Progress. His work opens a fascinating and disturbing window on to life in eighteenth-century London. Visiting Hogarth’s London as it survives today, this absorbing exploration of his life and work charts his progress from an impoverished childhood to being one of the first British artists to earn his living independent of patronage.