William Hogarth: Sex & Satire on the Streets of London

Hogarth takes us straight into the noise and chaos of Georgian London. His bitingly satirical scenes expose a city teeming with infidelity, drunkenness, gambling, corruption and tragedy — yet told with extraordinary wit. Rose will focus on Marriage A-la-Mode in the National Gallery, London, a masterclass in storytelling that tears into the hypocrisies of arranged marriage.

More than any artist of his age, Hogarth shows us the unvarnished truth of 18th century life. There is no greater visual dramatist — and no sharper observer of society — than the great William Hogarth.