Hogarth

[ hoh-gahrth ]

/ ˈhoʊ gɑrθ /

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noun

William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Hogarth

Ho·garth·i·an, adjective

Words nearby Hogarth

Hofmannsthal, Hofstadter, Hofuf, hog, hogan, Hogarth, Hogarth chair, HO gauge, hogback, hog-backed, hog badger

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How to use Hogarth in a sentence

WPP’s media agency group GroupM and sibling creative shop Hogarth have formed the Addressable Content Practice, which aims to facilitate the creation of ads that are fitted to specific audience segments.
Future of TV Briefing: How addressable TV is advancing into the main linear TV market|Tim Peterson|November 3, 2021|Digiday
Dickens being Dickens, the death of Mary Hogarth did not drive him to record only one girl's fate.
Charles Dickens' Enduring Insights on Human Loss and Suffering|David Frum|February 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Characters based upon Mary Hogarth show up in many of Dickens' early novels.
Charles Dickens' Enduring Insights on Human Loss and Suffering|David Frum|February 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The delicate cross-hatching that reached back to Hogarth and Dore was not as precise as it had been, but he was over 80 now.
Maurice Sendak Is Remembered Fondly by Author and Filmmaker William Joyce|William Joyce|May 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST

They are hideous and terrible paintings of drunkenness, but without the morality of Hogarth.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
Hogarth comes from "hoggart," a hog-herd; Calvert from "calf-herd;" and Seward from "sow-herd."
Stories That Words Tell Us|Elizabeth O'Neill
It was possible that when her father's steamer stopped to pay sea-rent, Hogarth might have heard, and seized him.
The Lord of the Sea|M. P. Shiel
Up shot Frankl's shivering arms, while Hogarth, training his ermines and purples, paced away.
The Lord of the Sea|M. P. Shiel
The mention by Hogarth of Ridley and Latimer they considered irrelevant; their fathers' heroic mood was a detail: not an entail.
The Lord of the Sea|M. P. Shiel

British Dictionary definitions for Hogarth

Hogarth

/ (ˈhəʊɡɑːθ) /

noun

William. 1697–1764, English engraver and painter. He is noted particularly for his series of engravings satirizing the vices and affectations of his age, such as A Rake's Progress (1735) and Marriage à la Mode (1745)

Derived forms of Hogarth

Hogarthian, adjective

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