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William Hogarth Satire
Les Satyres de Guillaume Hogarth,
Oeuvre moral et Comique...

London: Robert Sayer, 1768

Soon after the death of William Hogarth in 1764, his widow Jane gave the London publisher Robert Sayer permission to publish a collection of her husband's work.

Hogarth had spent his life fighting for artist's copyright, attempting to stop the publication of pirate versions of his engravings. Thus Sayer's edition is one of the earliest authorised collections of his work.

Although engraved in a smaller format than the original plates, these plate retain all the detail that made Hogarth's pictures so fascinating.


Hogarth: The Lady's Last Stake

The Four Stages of Cruelty

Four copper plate engravings published in London in 1768, by Robert Sayer after the designs of William Hogarth.


£1,400

William Hogarth: Southwark Fair

Robert SAYER after William Hogarth

The Humour and Diversions of Southwark Fair

A copper plate engraving published in London in 1768, by Robert Sayer after the designs of William Hogarth.

£350


William Hogarth: Strolling Actresses

Robert SAYER after William Hogarth

Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn

A copper plate engraving published in London in 1768, by Robert Sayer after the designs of William Hogarth.

£350