中文简介：

威廉·荷加斯（William Hogarth，1697-1764年）是最早获得国际认可和赞誉的英国艺术家之一，时至今日，他还被认为是英国最**和最具创新性的大师之一。他的作品包括版画、油画和社论漫画，是西方连环画的先驱。

这本绘画综合目录汇集了荷加斯20多年来的学术研究和专业知识，突出了他在这一媒介中的显著成就。本书丰富再现了荷加斯的肖像画、历史画、戏剧画和风俗画，包括许多以前未发表的与他的作品有关的材料，肯定了霍加斯的遗产，并证明了他经久不衰的声誉。

英文简介：

William Hogarth (1697–1764) was among the first British-born artists to rise to international recognition and acclaim and to this day he is considered one of the country's most celebrated and innovative masters. His output encompassed engravings, paintings, prints, and editorial cartoons that presaged western sequential art.

This comprehensive catalogue of his paintings brings together over twenty years of scholarly research and expertise on the artist, and serves to highlight the remarkable diversity of his accomplishments in this medium. Portraits, history paintings, theater pictures, and genre pieces are lavishly reproduced alongside detailed entries on each painting, including much previously unpublished material relating to his oeuvre. This deeply informed publication affirms Hogarth's legacy and testifies to the artist's enduring reputation.