Past Exhibition

Hogarth and Rowlandson Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection

This is a drawing of an urban street scene. The illustration features various individuals and activities. The scene depicts a city street with attention to architecture and historical attire. In the foreground, a woman in a bonnet and gown is talking to another similarly dressed woman. A man on horseback is holding a letter and appears to be communicating with a group of seated figures inside a covered cart or stagecoach. Architectural elements, such as a bell and a stone facade, are present. A barrel and square packages or crates are in the bottom right corner. Additional figures are in the background, one looking out from a doorway. The drawing captures a lively depiction of urban life.
William Hogarth, A Harlot's Progress: pl.1, 1732, etching and engraving, Rosenwald Collection, 1944.5.21

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    Ground Floor, Central Gallery
This is a drawing of an urban street scene. The illustration features various individuals and activities. The scene depicts a city street with attention to architecture and historical attire. In the foreground, a woman in a bonnet and gown is talking to another similarly dressed woman. A man on horseback is holding a letter and appears to be communicating with a group of seated figures inside a covered cart or stagecoach. Architectural elements, such as a bell and a stone facade, are present. A barrel and square packages or crates are in the bottom right corner. Additional figures are in the background, one looking out from a doorway. The drawing captures a lively depiction of urban life.
William Hogarth, A Harlot's Progress: pl.1, 1732, etching and engraving, Rosenwald Collection, 1944.5.21

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.

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