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A house of cards

HOGARTH, William (1697-1764)

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 pair of conversation pieces of an unidentified group of children, painted in about 1730.

A house of cards
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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 93

Creation/Production

HOGARTH, William
Date: 1730

Acquisition

Gift, 1988
Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Tax and allocated to Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wale

Measurements

Height (cm): 64.3
Width (cm): 76.5
Height (in): 25
Width (in): 30
h(cm) frame:78
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:91
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:8
d(cm)

Techniques

oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

oil
canvas

Location

Gallery 04

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Paentiad | Painting Celf Gain | Fine Art Plentyn | Child Bywyd cyfoes | Contemporary life Bwyd a Diod | Food and Drink
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