Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Characters and caricatures; the idealized heads of St. John and St. Paul are contrasted with grotesque heads, above them rises a cloud of faces showing different expressions. Etching by W. Hogarth.
Characters and caricatures; the idealized heads of St. John and St. Paul are contrasted with grotesque heads, above them rises a cloud of faces showing different expressions. Etching by W. Hogarth.
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Characters and caricatures; the idealized heads of St. John and St. Paul are contrasted with grotesque heads, above them rises a cloud of faces showing different expressions. Etching by W. Hogarth.

William Hogarth · 1743

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: 3 Characters 4 caricaturas. Cartons Raphael Urbin pinx. Cavl. Chezze del. Annibal Charraci invt. Leonard da Vinci pinx. For a farther explanation of the difference betwixt character & caricatura see ye preface to Joh. Andrews. W. Hogarth fecit 1743

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