Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, from pictures, drawings, and scarce prints
A 1794 London book of engraved reproductions of William Hogarth's pictures, drawings and prints, compiled by Samuel Ireland for a general collector's readership. The plates are rotated on the page, and they render Hogarth's crowded street, theatre and political scenes in fine line engraving with grey tonal shading, a model for dense multi-figure compositions with clear staging and strong diagonal recession.
