Pre-cartoon genre artist Hogarth portrait on view at Audain

William Hogarth (1697-1764) was the first British painter to bring art to the common people. King George II gave him a post as sergeant painter.

Hogarth was a great portraitist. This subject, John Pine was a "stout and jovial" friend who "held the position of engraver to the king's signet and stamp office."

This painter is described by artable as "the father of satirical caricatures and moral paintings, a genre which would later develop into cartoons."