William Hogarth
The Foundlings

The Foundlings

Public Domain

ArtistEnglish, 1697–1764
Titles
  • The Foundlings
Date1739
MediumEngraving and etching on laid paper
Dimensionsplate: 13 1/2 × 8 13/16 inches
sheet: 16 1/8 × 11 1/2 inches

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1999.37
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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
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Watermark: Verso center: VI [counter mark]

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William Hogarth
Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate VIII: Hudibras Beats Sidrophel
February 1725/1726
Etching and engraving on laid paper
BF.1983.5.87
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate VI
William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate VI
June 1745
Etching and engraving on laid paper
BF.1983.5.21
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate II
William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate II
June 1745
Etching and engraving on laid paper
BF.1983.5.17
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate I
William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate I
June 1745
Etching and engraving on laid paper
BF.1983.5.16
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V
William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V
June 1745
Etching and engraving on laid paper
BF.1983.5.20
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate IV
William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate IV
June 1745
Etching and engraving on laid paper
BF.1983.5.19
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate III
William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate III
June 1745
Etching and engraving on laid paper
BF.1983.5.18
Characters Caricaturas
William Hogarth
Characters Caricaturas
April 1743
Engraving on laid paper
BF.1983.5.66
Industry and Idleness, Plate IX: The Idle 'Prentice Betray'd by His Whore, and Taken in a Night Cellar with His Accomplice
William Hogarth
Industry and Idleness, Plate IX: The Idle 'Prentice Betray'd by His Whore, and Taken in a Night Cellar with His Accomplice
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.53
Industry and Idleness, Plate VIII: The Industrious 'Prentice Grown Rich, and Sheriff of London
William Hogarth
Industry and Idleness, Plate VIII: The Industrious 'Prentice Grown Rich, and Sheriff of London
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.52
Industry and Idleness, Plate VII: The Idle 'Prentice Return'd From Sea, and in a Garret with a Common Prostitute
William Hogarth
Industry and Idleness, Plate VII: The Idle 'Prentice Return'd From Sea, and in a Garret with a Common Prostitute
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.51
Industry and Idleness, Plate VI: The Industrious 'Prentice Out of His Time, and Married to His Master's Daughter
William Hogarth
Industry and Idleness, Plate VI: The Industrious 'Prentice Out of His Time, and Married to His Master's Daughter
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.50