{"product_id":"sculptors-courtyard-by-william-hogarth-a4-print","title":"Sculptors Courtyard by William Hogarth A4 Print","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis A4 size landscape print depicts an etching by English satirist, engraver, painter, cartoonist, and writer William Hogarth (1697-1764) featuring a sculptors yard, with copies of well-known classical sculptures scattered throughout scene. Printed on textured paper.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"child\"\u003eSupplied unframed, this print comes with a backing board and is sealed in a clear cellophane pocket. Fits perfectly into one of our A4 wooden frames.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated exclusively for the upcoming Ashmolean special exhibition \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAphrodite: The Making of a Goddess\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e on display at the Ashmolean between \u003cstrong\u003e8 October 2026 to 11 April 2027\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssued with Hogarth's treatise \"The Analysis of Beauty\", this print centres on the courtyard of an imagined sculptor (supposedly said to be that of John Cheere at Hyde Park Corner) strewn with noted sculptures from the classical period. Such as, the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFarnese Hercules\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAntinous\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLaocoön\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eand His Sons\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMedici Venus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. The foreground is dominated by a large sheet with three studies of an anatomical écorché leg to the left, and a man (perhaps our sculptor) holding a book on proportion to the right. Forming a border around the main image are 49 compartments with diagrams relating to the text; the image is numbered throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Hogarth\u003c\/strong\u003e was the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad, best known for his moral and satirical engravings and paintings, e.g., \u003cem\u003eA Rake’s Progress\u003c\/em\u003e (eight scenes, 1733). His attempts to build a reputation as a history painter and portraitist, however, met with financial disappointment, and his aesthetic theories had more influence in Romantic literature than in painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCredit: William Hogarth (1697–1764), \u003cem\u003ePlate 1: Analysis of Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e \/ \u003cem\u003ePrint of a sculptor’s courtyard\u003c\/em\u003e, 1753. Etching. WA1863.6296 © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"child\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExclusive to the Ashmolean Museum.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"King \u0026 McGaw Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64393696117113,"sku":"ASI-6545","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/7566\/5197\/files\/A4_Print_Sculptor_s_Courtyard.jpg?v=1790173898","url":"https:\/\/shop.ashmolean.org\/products\/sculptors-courtyard-by-william-hogarth-a4-print","provider":"Ashmolean Museum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}