posted on March 25, 2001 02:07:36 PM new
Does anyone know the name of the 18th century artist, from England, who did portrayals of drunks and street scenes depicting all types of debauchery and (supposedly) immoral behavior?
I'm doing a paper about iconography, and need his name for comparison purposes.
posted on March 25, 2001 02:47:44 PM new
Darn. I can see those prints in my head. But I cant place the name. He also did "risque" paintings, on cards, if Im not mistaken.
posted on March 25, 2001 03:04:28 PM new
Thanks, grannyfox... I edited my post to put up the URL I found, while you were posting yours. I thought the synopsis of his "Gin Lane", "Beer Street" and "The Idle 'Prentice return'd from Sea, & in a Garret with a common Prostitute" summed up his work in this vein.
I always think of Reynolds as a portrait painter, rather than a social historian in the same way that Hogarth worked.
[ edited by mivona on Mar 25, 2001 02:57 PM ]