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The Cockpit
The Cockpit
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

The Cockpit

Artist (British, 1697–1764)
Date1759
Mediumetching and engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions31.9 x 38.7 cm (plate)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Richard Ward Greene
Object number1913.95.117
Descriptionfrom John Nichols, ed., The works of William Hogarth: from the original plates restored by James Heath: with the addition of many subjects not before collected, to which is prefixed a biographical essay on the genius and productions of Hogarth, and explanations of the subjects of the plates, Printed for Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, 1821-22; the volume disbound in WAM collection.

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Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse
William Hogarth
about 1758–1764
Beggar's Opera Burlesqued
William Hogarth
printed 1821–1822
A Just View of the British Stage
William Hogarth
printed 1821–1822
Frontispieces to Tristram Shandy, 2nd  volume
William Hogarth
printed 1821–1822
Royalty, Episcopacy, and Law
William Hogarth
1724
Masquerade Ticket
William Hogarth
1727
Frontispiece to Tristram Shandy, volume 4
William Hogarth
printed 1821–1822
First Stage of Cruelty
William Hogarth
1751
King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
William Hogarth
printed 1821–1822
The Company of Undertakers
William Hogarth
1736