Hogarth (World of Art) author-michael-d-coe Virginia Woolf wrote in her

Virginia Woolf wrote in her last novel about a village pageant on a showery summer day

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Despite his posthumous fame as a painter of flowers

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Hogarth (World of Art) author-michael-d-coe Virginia Woolf wrote in herHogarth was one of the great 18th century painters, a marvellous colourist and innovator at all levels of artistic expression. Art historian David Bindman surveys the works of this artist whose wry humour and sharp wit were reflected in his prolific paintings and prints including The Rakes Progress and Marriage A la Mode. Hogarth was also a master of pictorial satire, highlighting the moral and political hypocrisies of the day with delightful detail