Hogarth and Rowlandson Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection
February 17 – May 19, 1946
THIS EXHIBITION IS NO LONGER ON VIEW AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY.
Overview: Included in the exhibition were William Hogarth's best-known series, The Harlot's Progress,The Rake's Progress, and Marriage à la Mode. Also on view were parts of the almost complete collection of Thomas Rowlandson's caricatures, acquired by Lessing Rosenwald in July 1945 for the Gallery from an English private collection.
Image: William Hogarth, A Harlot's Progress: pl.1, 1732, etching and engraving, Rosenwald Collection, 1944.5.21
Related Artists
- Hogarth, William
- English
- , 1697 - 1764
- Rowlandson, Thomas
- British
- , 1756 - 1827