The amazing web site of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Finis, or The Tail Piece, by Hogarth, 1697

The amazing web site of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Finis, or The Tail Piece, by Hogarth.

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William Hogarth 1697 - 1764.

Finis, or The Tail Piece. March 1764

	This is Hogarth's last work. The first idea of the subject is said to have come to him while drinking with friends. "My next undertaking shall be the end of all things." "If that is the case," replied one of his friends, "your business will be finished, for there will be an end of the painter." "There will so," replied Hogarth, "therefore the sooner my work is done, the better." The print depicts old father time, himself breathing his last, amidst the wreckage of all things that humans value, bell, bottle, an inn, a church, a pipe, a crown, a musket, even a painter's palette and one of Hogarth's own prints. Phoebus the sun god, tumbles from the sky and the world crawls to its ending. He died in October of the same year.

Finis, or The Tail Piece

William Hogarth

British Artist and Engraver

Finis, or The Tail Piece.
The Bathos, or manner of sinking in sublime painting, inscribed to the Dealers in Dark Pictures.

Engraving, published 1764

Finis, or The Tail Piece

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

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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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Finis, or The Tail Piece

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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