Art Institute of Chicago
Tailpiece, or the Bathos
William Hogarth
- Date
- April 1764
- Medium
- Etching and engraving in black on cream wove paper
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
William Hogarth was an English painter and engraver notorious for his biting political satire. He also discovered that artists could become independent of patronage by making engravings of their own paintings and selling them to the public. Hogarth created The Bathos toward the end of his life. It is considered one of the bleakest artworks of the 18th century because it depicts the Apocalypse without an afterlife. The Angel of Death even collapses in exhaustion after having destroyed the world. In his hand is an execution decree and around him lies a mass of broken objects.
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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