Exploring Hogarth's House

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15584519

William Hogarth and Georgian Life

http://www.historytoday.com/blog/2012/09/william-hogarth-and-georgian-life

'It is a sad irony that England’s greatest painter of children  (The Graham Children,  for example)  was childless. However, Hogarth and Jane worked tirelessly for the Foundling Hospital, helping other people’s children. The love for them fuelled Hogarth’s masterpiece, his portrait of the founder of the Foundling Hospital, Thomas Coram'

Great Lives - William Hogarth

Ian Hislop chooses William Hogarth - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dnwsm

'Hogarth has always been a hero of mine' - Ian Hislop

1697 - Hogarth was born during the reign of 'William and Mary' (dies 1764)

1764 - dies in London, David Garrick (actor) was his friend

'Gin Lane' - http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hogarth-gin-lane-t01799/text-catalogue-entry

'Marraige a la mode' - http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/william-hogarth-marriage-a-la-mode-1-the-marriage-settlement

Outre - unconventional, bizarre

- Hogarth was involved with a foundling hospital

http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art64982- Thomas Coram  (foudner of the foundling hospital) - portrait by Hogarth

http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk/ - The Foundling Museum

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/william-hogarth - William Hogarth

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/william-augustus-17211765-duke-of-cumberland-son-of-george30721 - 'William Augustus (1721–1765), Duke of Cumberland, Son of George II ' (attributed to)

http://www.soane.org/collections_legacy/the_soane_hogarths/rakes_progress/- A Rake's Progress