Ronald Paulson is Mayer Professor of the Humanities at The Johns Hopkins University. Among his many earlier books are Hogarth: His Life, Art, and Times; Hogarth's Graphic Works; Literary Landscape: Turner and Constable; Breaking and Remaking: Aesthetic Practice in England, 1700-1820 and Figure and Abstraction in Contemporary Painting, both from Rutgers University Press.

• List of Illustrations Preface1.Patron and Public (I): Paintings and Prints, 1732-17332.Patron and Public (II): A Rake's Progress and the Engravers' Act, 1733-17353.Public and Private Life in the 1730s4.St. Bartholomew's Hospital and New Testament History Painting, 1734-17385.The Mediating Woman: Literary history Paintings and Artist Satires, 1737-17416.Urban Pastoral: The Four Times of the Day, 1737-17387.Portrait Painting, 1738-17458.Richardson, Fielding, "Comic History-Painting," and the Rise of the Novel9.Marriage-a-la-mode, 1742-174510.Garrick and the Theatre: Public and Private Life in the 1740s11.Popular Prints (I): Lord Lovat and The Stage Coach, 1746-174712.Popular Prints (II): Industry and Idleness, 174713.Public Paintings: The Foundling Hospital and Lincoln's Inn, 1740-175014.The March to Finchley, 1749-1750NotesGeneral IndexIndex of Hogarth's Works

"No one working in any field that Hogarth touched can afford not to begin with Paulson's splendid book." Times Literary Supplement "Beyond question, Professor Paulson's commentary will remain the most influential well into the next century." The Sunday Telegraph "To say that Paulson writes with authority would be an understatement; when it comes to Hogarth, Paulson is authority." The Spectator "This is the definitive work and, barring almost inconceivable future scholarly finds, will remain the definitive work." Art in America "Truly indispensable." Studies in English Literature "Paulson's new trilogy is a substantial and brilliant revision of his original masterpiece." Linda Colley, The Observer "Paulson's study is densely packed with well-researched facts, and he evokes a strong sense of period and of the cultural milieu of London during the first part of the eighteenth century ... Hogarth reused props in different pictures. Paulson is excellent when describing these props and their significance." Literary Review "These very thoroughly researched books give us as much understanding of society, politics and life in England in the first half of the 18th century as they do about Hogarth... Presented in a well-organised way, and with a firm grasp of the balance that must be found between the literary and pictorial content of Hogarth's art." The Art Book Review

Ronald Paulson is Mayer Professor of the Humanities at The Johns Hopkins University. Among his many earlier books are Hogarth: His Life, Art, and Times; Hogarth's Graphic Works; Literary Landscape: Turner and Constable; Breaking and Remaking: Aesthetic Practice in England, 1700-1820 and Figure and Abstraction in Contemporary Painting, both from Rutgers University Press.

• List of Illustrations Preface1.Patron and Public (I): Paintings and Prints, 1732-17332.Patron and Public (II): A Rake's Progress and the Engravers' Act, 1733-17353.Public and Private Life in the 1730s4.St. Bartholomew's Hospital and New Testament History Painting, 1734-17385.The Mediating Woman: Literary history Paintings and Artist Satires, 1737-17416.Urban Pastoral: The Four Times of the Day, 1737-17387.Portrait Painting, 1738-17458.Richardson, Fielding, "Comic History-Painting," and the Rise of the Novel9.Marriage-a-la-mode, 1742-174510.Garrick and the Theatre: Public and Private Life in the 1740s11.Popular Prints (I): Lord Lovat and The Stage Coach, 1746-174712.Popular Prints (II): Industry and Idleness, 174713.Public Paintings: The Foundling Hospital and Lincoln's Inn, 1740-175014.The March to Finchley, 1749-1750NotesGeneral IndexIndex of Hogarth's Works

"No one working in any field that Hogarth touched can afford not to begin with Paulson's splendid book." Times Literary Supplement "Beyond question, Professor Paulson's commentary will remain the most influential well into the next century." The Sunday Telegraph "To say that Paulson writes with authority would be an understatement; when it comes to Hogarth, Paulson is authority." The Spectator "This is the definitive work and, barring almost inconceivable future scholarly finds, will remain the definitive work." Art in America "Truly indispensable." Studies in English Literature "Paulson's new trilogy is a substantial and brilliant revision of his original masterpiece." Linda Colley, The Observer "Paulson's study is densely packed with well-researched facts, and he evokes a strong sense of period and of the cultural milieu of London during the first part of the eighteenth century ... Hogarth reused props in different pictures. Paulson is excellent when describing these props and their significance." Literary Review "These very thoroughly researched books give us as much understanding of society, politics and life in England in the first half of the 18th century as they do about Hogarth... Presented in a well-organised way, and with a firm grasp of the balance that must be found between the literary and pictorial content of Hogarth's art." The Art Book Review

Ronald Paulson is Mayer Professor of the Humanities at The Johns Hopkins University. Among his many earlier books are Hogarth: His Life, Art, and Times; Hogarth's Graphic Works; Literary Landscape: Turner and Constable; Breaking and Remaking: Aesthetic Practice in England, 1700-1820 and Figure and Abstraction in Contemporary Painting, both from Rutgers University Press.

• List of Illustrations Preface1.Patron and Public (I): Paintings and Prints, 1732-17332.Patron and Public (II): A Rake's Progress and the Engravers' Act, 1733-17353.Public and Private Life in the 1730s4.St. Bartholomew's Hospital and New Testament History Painting, 1734-17385.The Mediating Woman: Literary history Paintings and Artist Satires, 1737-17416.Urban Pastoral: The Four Times of the Day, 1737-17387.Portrait Painting, 1738-17458.Richardson, Fielding, "Comic History-Painting," and the Rise of the Novel9.Marriage-a-la-mode, 1742-174510.Garrick and the Theatre: Public and Private Life in the 1740s11.Popular Prints (I): Lord Lovat and The Stage Coach, 1746-174712.Popular Prints (II): Industry and Idleness, 174713.Public Paintings: The Foundling Hospital and Lincoln's Inn, 1740-175014.The March to Finchley, 1749-1750NotesGeneral IndexIndex of Hogarth's Works

"No one working in any field that Hogarth touched can afford not to begin with Paulson's splendid book." Times Literary Supplement "Beyond question, Professor Paulson's commentary will remain the most influential well into the next century." The Sunday Telegraph "To say that Paulson writes with authority would be an understatement; when it comes to Hogarth, Paulson is authority." The Spectator "This is the definitive work and, barring almost inconceivable future scholarly finds, will remain the definitive work." Art in America "Truly indispensable." Studies in English Literature "Paulson's new trilogy is a substantial and brilliant revision of his original masterpiece." Linda Colley, The Observer "Paulson's study is densely packed with well-researched facts, and he evokes a strong sense of period and of the cultural milieu of London during the first part of the eighteenth century ... Hogarth reused props in different pictures. Paulson is excellent when describing these props and their significance." Literary Review "These very thoroughly researched books give us as much understanding of society, politics and life in England in the first half of the 18th century as they do about Hogarth... Presented in a well-organised way, and with a firm grasp of the balance that must be found between the literary and pictorial content of Hogarth's art." The Art Book Review