Hogarth's Progress

Official Twitter page for the William Hogarth Trust. Follow to discover more about the artist's life & work & what we do to raise awareness of him & his House

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

Bomb damage at @HogarthsHouse gave Ithell Colqhoun mis-shapen forms to depict when she lived nearby c 1941. Image of front facade from collection of @nationaltrust, image of rear from @LDN_Museum

[tenacious b 🇵🇸 🐈‍⬛️💖 @MamanUbu]

@mckenziewark Ithell Colqhoun, Scylla, 1938

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

Happy 327th Birthday, Mr Hogarth!

[YaleBritishArt @YaleBritishArt]

This assertive self-portrait of William #Hogarth, who was born #OnThisDay in 1697, shows the artist at the height of his influence. Visit the @YaleArtGallery to view this painting.

Image: Hogarth, "Self-Portrait," ca. 1735, oil on canvas, @YaleBritishArt, Paul Mellon Collection

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

Hogarth revised "The Bench" OTD in 1764 but was too poorly to work the next day. Taken to his home in Leicester Fields weak "yet remarkably cheerful" he died there on 25th. Someone added "This would have been better explained had the Author lived a Week longer" to the plate.

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

Thornhill decorated these, probably when he visited the Netherlands in 1711. He wasn't accustomed to painting on ceramics but these are a tour de force and a precious family heirloom - were they ever kept at @HogarthsHouse #Chiswick where his widow lived with the Hogarths?

[Ricky Craig Pound @whitegoldsword]

The Thornhill Plates: This set of plates descended to Thornhill's daughter, Jane, who had married the painter William Hogarth. After Jane died, there was an auction of her possessions in 1790, where this set was purchased by the writer and connoisseur Horace Walpole for £3.10s. They were displayed at Strawberry Hill, his home near Twickenham, until the contents were sold in 1842. Their history is a mystery between 1842 and 1889, when Sir A. W. Franks gave them to the British Museum. @strawbhillhouse

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

Excellent meeting this afternoon between #WilliamHogarth Trust & senior staff who manage @HogarthsHouse, exploring future plans & how we could work more closely together. Friendly, creative & we should do it more often!

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

The Trust sent comments to @LBofHounslow on the application for a Food Market in #Chiswick. Though the Licensing Panel listed us with the opposition we just want them to ban food stalls round the Hogarth Statue to avoid cooking grease damaging the bronze & to retain its dignity!

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

wonderful news - you must be pleased! We waiting to see what you have written about Jane #Hogarth's print business. # Chiswick #LeicesterFields

[Dr Cristina S Martinez @cristina_artlaw]

Delighted to share the cover of ‘Female Printmakers, Printsellers, and Print Publishers in the Eighteenth Century. The Imprint of Women, c. 1700-1830’. Design by the wonderful Lou McKeever @blueloutter. Coming out soon with Cambridge University Press! @hannahmarylyons

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

Happy Birthday Mr Hogarth, born 10 November 1697! The William Hogarth Trust will be celebrating together this evening and placing a wreath at Hogarth's #Chiswick statue tomorrow

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

So proud to see the #HogarthsHouse Weston Studio packed with @W4BookFest audienc - a fantastic venue in a #garden setting. Thanks to @HeritageFundUK & @WestonFdn for funding Muberry Garden Project. The garden is an outdoor exhibition of plants & features relating to the site

[Creative Writing Workshops London (CWWL) @WritingCwwl]

Chris Lethbridge's talk on his new novel The King's Engraver at @HogarthsHouse as part of @W4BookFest #Chiswick. @TorinDouglas announcing Chris's forthcoming addition to the Chiswick Timeline Writers and Books. #writers #WritingCommunity

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

Hear, Hear, but why gradually? Its the obvious conclusion! WH did love animals, though. We've recently installed replicas of 2 pet memorials long lost from Hogarth's House garden - the oldest one (1760), probably originally WH's work, was for Dick the Drake. Fairholt sketch 1853

[Dr. Bendor Grosvenor 🇺🇦 @arthistorynews]

Gradually coming to the conclusion that the most consequential figure in British art history was this fellow. (Hogarth, not the dog.)

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

#Goldstatecoach was constructed during the time when #Hogarth was Serjeant Painter to the King - did he get a little cut from the contracts as part of his perks?

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

A special thank you from the Trust to all the donors who waited throughout the pandemic before we could celebrate their generosity! Alan & Tracey have done a stunning piece of work - we're tremendously impressed. https://t.co/SYDAGCVfQ8

[Hogarth's House @HogarthsHouse]

Happy #NationalPetDay! We thought today would be the perfect time to share our newly-installed #Hogarth Pet Memorials in the #MulberryGarden, generously fundraised by @HogarthProgress https://t.co/zbT1BHnQcJ (thank you to @BottValbott for her lovely writeup!) 🐕❤️🦆

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

OTD 1729 ##WilliamHogarth, 32, & #JaneThornhill, 20, were married at the parish church in Paddington. William had obtained the licence 3 days before, but Jane's father had not given permission. Soon reconciled, they moved in with the Thornhills. It was a long & happy marriage

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

Wonderful, thank you! see #Hogarth's original @HogarthsHouse

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

Besides the Welsh in London there were a number living in C18 #Chiswick including the c 1730 head gardener @Chiswick_House Rice Lewis who implemented many of Burlington's changes there.

[Hogarth's House @HogarthsHouse]

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Have you spotted the two Welshmen in #Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress before? More on the wearing of leeks on our Insta: https://t.co/QNyE1CIzTf 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎨🌳

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

Claire Ireland is also one of the WHT's wonderful trustees! Her work is terrific - delighted to know about the book

[The Borough of Hounslow Herald @hounslowherald]

Claire Ireland is a ceramic sculptor who has a studio in the grounds of the London Museum of Water and Steam in #Brentford https://t.co/QY3LD5iWMz

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

We were delighted to hold a tea party in the new #WestonStudio @HogarthsHouse last Saturday to thank crowdfunding donors (& 2 pet dogs) who supported the replicas of the Hogarth family's pet memorials for the garden @Spacehive - Pompey the lapdog & Dick the drake!

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

Philanthropist John Passmore Edwards presented a white marble bust of #WilliamHogarth to the new #ChiswickTownHall - not a very good likeness but a magnificent gesture! @LBofHounslow

[Brentford & Chiswick History @BCLocalHistory]

The #Chiswick Town Hall officially opened in February 1901. The building was originally the Vestry Hall, completed in 1876. It was later expanded with designs by A. Ramsden. Additions included a Council Chamber, Committee room and the Hogarth Hall. https://t.co/xPXuS93Ut4

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

We're so glad you & Sir Walter could join the tea party for the crowd-funding donors @HogarthsHouse! Superb carving & letter-cutting, based on an 1853 drawing, by Alan Micklethwaite & Tracey Tregidga Micklethwaite who have done the #dog & the #drake proud! https://t.co/3W5cXF77FS

[Hogarth's Progress @HogarthProgress]

Fantastic news - can't wait to see #Hogarth's staircase paintings looking their best again! We know how hard it is to raise this kid of money, so it is a tremendous achievement. Thanks, @HeritageFundUK

[William Palin @Will_Palin]

We are thrilled to announce that Sharing Historic Barts has been awarded £4.9m from @HeritageFundUK With match-funding now in place, this pioneering £9.5m project will start later this year. A massive thank you to @TNLUK players and happy #HeritageTreasures day 2023! #Barts900