The amazing web site of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Taste in High Life, or, Dress in 1742, by Hogarth, 1697

The amazing web site of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Taste in High Life, or, Dress in 1742, by Hogarth.

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William Hogarth 1697 - 1764.

Taste in High Life; or Dress in 1742

	The original painting for this work is said to have been commissioned by a Miss Edwards, a spinster of large fortune, who having been ridiculed for some peculiarities in her own manners, hired the great social moralist to "take off" her tormentors. The subject is professedly intended to ridicule the then manners of high life. The pair on the right appear to be extolling the beauty of a china teabowl and saucer. The man is particularly foppishly dressed, wearing a long queue, a large muff, and a sword buried in his clothing. The monkey servant holds a ridiculous menu. The young woman is tickling the chin of a blackamoor servant, these servants being a desirable status symbol of the time. The black spots on the faces of the women are beauty spots, deliberately applied.

Taste in High Life, or, Dress in 1742

William Hogarth

British Artist and Engraver

John Wilkes Esquire.

Engraving, published 1763

Taste in High Life, or, Dress in 1742

Source: Hogarth's Works published by J. Dicks, 313 The Strand, London. Circa 1880.

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Shakespeare's Sonnets:

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Other related texts of the period Sonnets 101 - 154 For a global search use all the sonnets as
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as it was in 1616. London Bridge
As it was in Shakespeare's day, circa 1600. To search for a line or phrase in the sonnets go to the
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Views of London
as it was in 1616. London Bridge
As it was in Shakespeare's day, circa 1600. To search for a line or phrase in the sonnets go to the
Sonnets as plain text
and use the browser text search engine.

Sonnets 1 - 50 Back to home page

Sonnets 51 - 100 If you have enjoyed this web site, please visit its companion -
Pushkin's Poems

Sonnets 101 - 154 If you wish to comment on this site please refer to details on the home page.

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Taste in High Life, or, Dress in 1742

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Start here with the first sonnet		First line index	Sonnets 1 - 50		Some links to other sites
	Text facsimiles		Sonnets 51 - 100
General notes for background details, general policies etc.	Other related texts of the period		Sonnets 101 - 154	For a global search use all the sonnets as plain text 1-154 or use the first line index.	If you have enjoyed this web site, please visit its companion - Pushkin's Poems
Map of the site
	Views of London as it was in 1616.		London Bridge As it was in Shakespeare's day, circa 1600.		To search for a line or phrase in the sonnets go to the sonnets as plain text and use the browser text search engine.

Sonnets 1 - 50		Back to home page
Sonnets 51 - 100		If you have enjoyed this web site, please visit its companion - Pushkin's Poems
Sonnets 101 - 154		If you wish to comment on this site please refer to details on the home page.
		Copyright ©of this site belongs to Oxquarry Books Ltd