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The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox
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The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

50 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. (128.3 x 102.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Marquand Fund, 1936

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About William Hogarth

1697–1764Kingdom of Great Britain

Hogarth is best known for his satirical engravings. He was an important figure in the establishment of an English school of painting, both through the quality of his own work and through campaigns to improve the status of the artist in England. By publishing engravings after his own paintings, he showed other artists that they could be independent of wealthy patrons. Comment on works: Portraits; Genre