Hogarth - ACE071.2

Aerial view over the City of London. Commentary says "He was born in the City of London in 1697." Shop card engraved by William Hogarth for Ellis Gamble, one of his early employers; cards for other gold- and silversmiths. VO reading Hogarth’s own words on his early life and apprenticeship to a silver plate engraver, and copper plate engraving. Exterior print shop; Hogarth VO on the speed of piracy of images by the print-sellers themselves. Woman buying etching of A Midnight Modern Conversation (1733). Ashley Cowper with his Wife and Daughter (1731): VO continues, talking about doing portraits with small figures ("conversation pieces"), but not making enough money to keep his own family. Pages from account books. Examples of "the grand style of history painting", Christ Healing the Lame Man at the Pool of Bethesda (1736) in St Bartholomew's Hospital, and The Good Samaritan (1737), which were not successful either. Captions followed by engravings (series from 1732), A Harlot’s Progress: The Quarrel with her Jew Protector, Apprehended by a Magistrate, The Scene in Bridewell, She Expires While the Doctors are Quarrelling, The Funeral. Details from The Laughing Audience (1733). Drums of printing press. VO says Hogarth applied to Parliament for redress against piracy of his plates. Printers’ works. Newspaper printers. "The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c…", Hogarth’s open letter putting the case for copyright protection for these works. Versions of engraved self-portrait (The Painter and the Pug: Gulielmus Hogarth (1745)). The original painting.