Born in London, where he trained as an engraver and a painter, Hogarth was a celebrated portraitist and the creator of modern, moral subjects. These interests combine in this conversation piece (one of a pair) of an unidentified group of children, painted in 1730.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:William_Hogarth" class="extiw" title="w:en:William Hogarth"><span title="English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist (1697-1764)">William Hogarth</span></a>
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1730<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1730-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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