William Hogarth brass plaque
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# William Hogarth's Leicester Square Standing before this bust in Leicester Square, you're standing at the very heart of Hogarth's London life—the address where he made his home from 1726 until his death in 1764, a remarkable span of nearly four decades that witnessed the creation of his most scath...
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Hogarth bust - Leicester Square
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William Hogarth, 10 November 1697 - 26 October 1764, Satirical Artist and Illustrator. Trained as an engraver, he depicted the unseemly behaviour of contemporaries in works like the 'Beggar's Opera' (1728) and the 'A Rake's Progress' (1732). Much of his work was pirated and he was instrumental in the passing of the Copyright Act of 1735 which was known at the time as 'Hogarth's Act'. He lived in 'Leicester Fields' from 1726 until his death. He was buried in Chiswick Parish at St. Nicholas, London, W4 in 1764. The bust is by Joseph Durham (1875).