Hogarth
noun
William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
Hogarthian
-
a word derived from
Hogarth.
Example Sentences
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This Hogarthian image may be a better predictor of what lies ahead than 10,000 words of analysis.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2018
My audience, by the way, was especially tickled by the satirical portrait of the show’s one major British character, King George III, embodied with Hogarthian nastiness by a divinely petulant Michael Jibson.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2018
There was a horrible Hogarthian fun about the way they stumped, trotted, and jolted after the ball.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2011
I would go into all these pubs, and witness all these extraordinary Hogarthian scenes.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2011
Its variety, spirit and truth of local color are Hogarthian, while it shows a figure, in the heroine, of far higher beauty and belonging to the great circle of epic characters.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various
