Royal Masquerade, Somerset House

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

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

England, London, Somerset House

Subjects

Materials & Techniques

engraving

Artist

William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Thomas Cook (1744 - 1818)

Title

Royal Masquerade, Somerset House

Date

1841

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

height: 45.8 cm, width: 57 cm

Acquisition

Transferred from HM Revenue and Customs, 2017

Inscription

below lettering: [faint pencil inscriptions]

Provenance

Bequest of Sir Ernest Clark to the Inland Revenue, 1951 (received 1972); transferred to GAC, 2017

GAC number

10320