William Hogarth - The Times Plate 1 and 2

The Times (Plates One and Two)

William Hogarth's "The Times" (Plates One and Two) were created two years before his death, These engravings contain some of his most pessimistic imagery upon the political machinations and corruptions of the day. "The Times", Plate Two, in fact was suppressed by William Hogarth, and then his widow, and was not published until 1790 when John Boydell printed the plate for his set of original William Hogarth engravings. Both of these original impressions were published in London in 1822. A detailed examination of both plates will be found below. These are fine, original examples of the satirical art created by the British artist, William Hogarth.

The Times (Plates One and Two) were both designed and engraved by William Hogarth. They are printed upon early nineteenth century wove paper and with large, full margins as published by William Heath in 1822. The Times (Plates I) Paulson, Catalogue #211, Third and Final State & The Times (Plate II); Paulson, Catalogue #212, Fourth and Final State.

William Hogarth (London, 1697 - 1764)
#	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	-
01.-	An Election Entertainment by William Hogarth	Complete Set of Four Original Engravings	1755 - 1758 (Heath Ed)	Sold
02.-	Analysis of Beauty by William Hogarth	Complete Set of Two Original Engravings (Plate I & II)	1753 (Heath Ed)	Sold
03.-	A Midnight Modern Conversation by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1732 (Heath Ed)	Sold
04.-	A Rake's Progress by William Hogarth	Complete Set of Eight Original Engravings	1735 (Heath Ed)	Sold
05.-	A Chorus of Singers by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1732 (Heath Ed)	Sold
06.-	Battle of the Pictures by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1743 (Heath Ed)	Sold
07.-	Boys Peeping at Nature by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1730 (Heath Ed)	Available
08.-	Characters & Caricaturas by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1743 (Heath Ed)	Sold
09.-	Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1762 (Heath Ed)	Sold
10.-	Four Times of The Day by William Hogarth	Complete Set of Four Original Engravings	1738 (Heath Ed)	Sold
11.-	Four Stages of Cruelty by William Hogarth	Complete Set of Four Original Engravings	1750-1751 (Heath Ed)	Sold
12.-	Frontispiece to Taylor's Perspective by William Woollett & William Hogarth	Original Line Engraving	1761 (Heath Ed)	Sold
13.-	Gin Lane by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1750-1751 (Heath Ed)	Sold
14.-	Illustrations for Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras' by William Hogarth	Complete Set of Twelve Original Engravings	1725 (Heath Ed)	Available
15.-	Industry and Idleness by William Hogarth	Complete Set of Twelve Original Engravings	1747 (Heath Ed)	Sold
16.-	John Wilkes Esquire by William Hogarth	Original Etching	1763 (Heath Ed)	Sold
17.-	Marriage a la Mode by William Hogarth	Complete Set of Six Original Engravings	1745 (Heath Ed)	Sold
18.-	Martin Folkes Esqr. by William Hogarth	Original Etching & Engraving	1742 (Heath Ed)	Available
19.-	Moses Brought to Pharaoh's Daughter by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1752 (Heath Ed)	Available
20.-	Pit Ticket: The Cockpit by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1759 (Heath Ed)	Available
21.-	Satire on False Perspective by Luke Sullivan & William Hogarth	Original Etching & Engraving	1754 (Heath Ed)	Sold
22.-	Scholars at a Lecture by William Hogarth	Original Line Engraving & Etching	1736 (Heath Ed)	Sold
23.-	Shrimps! by Francesco Bartolozzi & William Hogarth	Original Stipple Engraving	1782	Sold
24.-	Simon Lord Lovat by William Hogarth	Original Etching	1746 (Heath Ed)	Sold
25.-	Southwark Fair by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1733 (Heath Ed)	Sold
26.-	Taste in High Life by Samuel Phillips & William Hogarth	Original Stipple Engraving	1808 (John Boydell Ed.)	Sold
27.-	The Company of Undertakers by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1736 (Heath Ed)	Sold
28.-	The Distrest Poet by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1736 (Heath Ed)	Sold
29.-	The Five Orders of Perriwigs by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1761 (Heath Ed)	Sold
30.-	The Invasion: France, Plate I by William Hogarth	Complete Set of Two Original Engravings (England & France)	1756 (Heath Ed)	Sold
31.-	The Invasion: England, Plate II by William Hogarth	Complete Set of Two Original Engravings (England & France)	1756 (Heath Ed)	Sold
32.-	The Laughing Audience by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1733 (Heath Ed)	Sold
33.-	The Politician by John Keyse Sherwin & William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1775 (Heath Ed)	Sold
34.-	The Sleepy Congregation by William Hogarth	Original Engraving & Etching	1736 (Heath Ed)	Sold
35.-	The Times by William Hogarth	Complete Set of Two Original Engravings (Plate I & II)	1762 (Heath Ed)	Sold
36.-	Time Smoking a Picture by William Hogarth	Original Engraving	1761 (Heath Ed)	Sold
37.-	William Hogarth Painting of the Comic Muse by William Hogarth	Original Engraving	1764 (Heath Ed)	Sold

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Title:	The Times (Plates One and Two)
Artist:	Hogarth, William (London, 1697 - 1764)
Date:	1762 (Heath Edition 1822)
Medium:	Two Original Engravings (Printed on One large Sheet of Paper)
Publisher:	William Heath, London
Note:	William Hogarth: The name of William Hogarth requires little in the way of an introduction. He is the unquestioned father of England's rich tradition of satire and remains one of the most original and lively minds in the entire history of British art. Famous for his paintings, Hogarth's engravings are even more paramount: the imagery from "The Harlot's Progress", "Marriage a la Mode", "The Four Stages of Cruelty", "Four Prints of an Election", "The Four Times of the Day" and a host of others are crucial to an understanding of eighteenth century art and culture. Yet Hogarth's art stretched beyond his time and his masterful engravings are as relevant to our society as they were to his.
	Training first as an engraver, William Hogarth became an independent illustrator as early as 1720. In his spare time he studied painting techniques, notably under Sir James Thornhill. By 1730 he established himself as a portrait painter. Yet at the same time, William Hogarth began creating sets of anecdotal pictures which brilliantly satirized society and its activities. One early set, "A Harlot's Progress" (1732), gained for Hogarth a strong and lasting national reputation. During the following decades he both painted and engraved individual works and sets of images which forged the cornerstone for English satirical art. Such great masters as Rowlandson, Gillray, Heath and Cruikshank followed in Hogarth's footsteps.

	The Times, Plate I The Times, Plate I sets out to defend King George III and the ministry of the Earl of Bute. A fire, symbolic of war, has broken out in the background buildings. Each of these buildings represents a nation. The sign with the two men shaking hands represents Spain, the two headed eagle, Germany, and the lily, France. This wide sweeping conflagration has spread to the globe, to the right. Towering above his supporters by means of stilts is William Pitt, who is fanning the fire. Around his neck he wears a large millstone on which is inscribed '3000 L per annum', indicating his retirement pension.
	A fire engine occupies the center of the scene. It represents both Britain and the King ('GR'). Aided by a Scot and other loyal supporters the King attempts to put out the fire within the globe. Above the engine flies a dove of peace. From the Temple Coffee House three individuals direct their water hoses not at the globe but at the King. The faceless character occupying the lower window is Earl Temple, Pitt's brother-in law. The signs to the left all refer to Pitt and his supporters. One sign, 'Alive From America' advertises wealth to be gained from colonial exploitation.
	In the foreground to the right are the refugees who have fled the European war. Two children and one adult have recently died. An insane man plays his fiddle. Turning such misery to financial gain, A Dutch merchant happily smokes his pipe to the lower left corner.

	The Times, Plate II As mentioned previously, publication of this engraving was suppressed by Hogarth during his lifetime. Occupying the center of the image is a statue of King George III. Water is drawn from this statue (by Lord Bute) and distributed to the shrubs around it. Royal favor is thus given. The largest shrub to the left is marked 'Culloden', and represents the Duke of Cumberland, who defeated the Scots at the bloody battle of that name. In the foreground to the right a gardener is busy dumping some shrubs (former favorites of the king) into the moat. His hat indicates that he is Henry Fox. He also trips over a roller on which the amount of national debt is written.
	To the left sits Parliament, whose members sleep and chat or shoot at the dove of peace above the head of the statue. The figure with the longest and most damaging gun is William Pitt. In the background to the right construction is under way for the building known as the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts. They are busy hoisting up a large palette on which the word, 'Premium', is inscribed. This refers to the custom of offering prizes to young artists, a custom William Hogarth was more than suspicious of.
	Below this building only a sprinkle of water remains for the general population. None reaches the maimed and crippled war veterans who are blocked from seeing the king. The ghost, Ms. Fanny (Conspiracy), and Wilkes (Defamation) receive punishment in the pillory.
Raisonne:	Ronald Paulson, Hogarth's Graphic Works, London, Yale University Press, 1965.
	Plate 1; Paulson #211, Third and Final State.
	Plate 2; Paulson #212, Fourth and Final State.
	Note: For this 1822 edition the two engravings were printed upon one large sheet of wove paper.
Reference:	Sean Shesgreen, Engravings by Hogarth, New York, Dover Press,1973, plates 96 & 97.
Source:	Heath Edition, London (The Times)
Size:	9 3/4 X 12 Plate I (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
Size:	10 1/8 X 12 Plate II (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Published upon early nineteenth century wove paper and with large, full margins as printed by William Heath in 1822. One should take note that Heath was the last printer to print directly from William Hogarth's original engraved plates. All 'Hogarth' prints appearing after this date are merely copies of these original graphic works of art.
	These original impressions of "The Times", Plate I and The Times, Plate II contain slight water staining in the lower right margin (well removed from the actual engravings) else each is a well printed impression and in good condition throughout. Altogether, "The Times", Plates One and Two represents a prime, original example of the engraved art of William Hogarth.
Subject:	William Hogarth, "The Times", Plates One and Two, The Times, Plate I, "The Times", Plate II, a set of two original engravings, political corruption, King George III and the ministry of the Earl of Bute, William Pitt, Henry Fox, colonial exploitation.
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