Woke warriors turn on Hogarth: Cartoons of Georgian Britain come with slavery warning WILLIAM HOGARTH has become the latest scalp claimed by woke warriors amid allegations his works contain ...

In 1751, when Hogarth made the print, this neighbourhood – a stone’s throw from a new Hogarth exhibition at the Cartoon Museum – was a rundown slum, prey to the evils of drink, particularly gin.

It’s long been thought that political satire was born in the coffee houses of 18th century London, where waspish gossip was exchanged, Tatler was born and cartoons by the likes of William Hogarth and ...

Hogarth is held in high esteem to this day and in 2001 a statue was unveiled by David Hockney on Chiswick High Road, west London, of William and his pug dog. (Andrew Blackall) (Image: Andrew Blackall) ...

The Orgy, from A Rake's Progress It seems an odd thing to say, but everything that William Hogarth despised is what we love him for most. In the noisome London of the 18th century artist ...