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Hawtin Collection: Hogarth Prints

Personal collection of Gillian Hawtin.

About Hogarth Prints

A collection of 18th century prints by William Hogarth (1697-1764), including a print of The Distrest Poet (1736) and prints from the series Four Times of Day (1738), Industry and Idleness (1747), and Hogarth's Tour (1781).

  • Dates: 1736-1781
  • Extent: 25 items
  • Content: Prints
  • Languages: English

Finding Aids

Access & Use

Items from the collection must be requested in advance.

They must be used in the Rare Books Reading Room in Special Collections & Archives.

See Special Collections & Archives' Opening Hours for the hours when this room is open.

Samples of Hogarth Prints

BL/Hawtin/HogarthPrints/1 [The Distrest Poet]

BL/Hawtin/HogarthPrints/Tour/6 The Town of Queensborough

BL/Hawtin/HogarthPrints/I&I/1 The Fellow 'Prentices at their Looms

BL/Hawtin/HogarthPrints/Times/2 Evening

Copying & Copyright

Items in the Hawtin Collection are out of copyright.

As many items are annotated the individual copies of each work are considered unique, therefore please fill in the appropriate form before taking photographs or scanning pages.

As some items may be fragile please check with Special Collections & Archives' staff if photography or scanning is possible.

In addition if copying is required for publication then contact the Special Collections Librarian.

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