Hogarth & Cruikshank Prints

Long before political cartoons, London had William Hogarth. Working in the first half of the 18th century, he turned the city's vices and vanities into engravings that were bought, pinned up and argued over in every coffee house. A century later George Cruikshank carried the tradition into the Victorian age, and went on to illustrate Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist.

This collection gathers their sharpest work from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hogarth's Gin Lane, his famous 1751 warning against the gin craze; The Sleeping Congregation; The Five Orders of Periwigs; and Characters and Caricaturas. From Cruikshank come his etchings for the year of the Great Exhibition, London in 1851 and The Dispersion of the Works of All Nations, plus the hand-coloured An Evening Party and The Head Ache.

Satire suits a study, bar or games room, and there's a Hogarth for almost every profession. Pair any two prints and save 15%. Free UK delivery on orders over £40.