HOGARTH, William
British Painter and Printmaker, 1697-1764
English painter and engraver. He played a crucial part in establishing an English school of painting, both through the quality of his painting and through campaigns to improve the status of the artist in England. He also demonstrated that artists could become independent of wealthy patrons by publishing engravings after their own paintings.
ID: 7500 The Marriage of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox f c. 1729
Oil on canvas, 128,3 x 103 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
