It's like an 18th century comic strip haha, cool!

Thank you, please note their is now a correction that was added to the video at that point.

This series of paintings is so rich in symbolism that just one video cannot possibly do it justice!

At 8:50, the figure on the far left is identified as Counsellor Silvertounge. Silvertongue is actually the figure on the far right. The figure on the left is a castrato.

We're blessed to live in a time where objects of reasonable quality can be afforded by so many.. But then you think of the world at large and remember how untrue that still manages to be. Such a bittersweet time to be alive. It's interesting that the wealthy merchant didn't get a name in the painting at all, but I guess, in this context especially, that was part of the point. This was fun to hear about. So many characters in a proper narrative - so much drama and shade! I enjoyed it. 🙂

Very interesting, thank you. I love Hogarth for his honesty and humor and lack of romanticism. I have 2 Hogarth prints myself.

Thank you so much for your work, you two describe painting so great, such interesting videos!

This was a beautifully done summation and discussion! Thank you! ❤

What a sharp contrast to Fragonard’s “the Swing”.

What a genius! The commentary, as usual, is priceless and always insightful!

This was great!

Wonderful!

I believe there is a mistake. In the image In the Toilette, you identify the figure on the left as Silvertongue. However, I am fairly certain that Silvertounge is the figure (all the way to right), lounging on the couch and handing the wife (his lover) the tickets to the masked ball. You can tell because his attire does not change between this and the first image (the Marriage Settlement) of the series. It also makes sense that it would be Silvertongue giving the wife the tickets, since in The Bagnio they have clearly just come from the masked ball together. The person misidentified as Silvertongue seems to be one of the musicians... the singer, perhaps?

This was so great.

I read somewhere that the flute player on the left in "the Toilette" is a reference to Frederick the Great, who was himself a keen flautist. The picture on the wall behind him of Zeus abducting Ganymede would have been a reference to Frederick's presumed homosexuality.

Thanks!

Awesome comments, thanks a lot!

fascinating

Gracias

It reminds me of all those American heiresses who married into the penurious British aristocracy a century and a half or so later. Nancy Astor springs to mind, along with Winston Churchill's mother.

I recognized Jupiter and Io by Correggio on the wall in The Toilette.

so entertaining!

I think in The Toilette that is a castrati singing on the left and Silvertongue to the lady's right. Love your video !

Thank you for the explanations! Could never get the SOAs references.

The little girl at 10:55 seems to have a leg brace on her left leg. So the poor child is crippled and has syphilis?

What is the name of the music in this video?

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read jenny uglow's biography. it is a masterpiece beYOND! thank you for this.

Reminds me of Norman Rockwell

such a bruh moment

I was wondering when you were going to mention the black marks = syphilis element! The young had two such on the first image, which makes it doubly cruel that he'd marry a young woman who obviously would be infected. Not even to mention the damage done to any poor child of the two. Talking about ghastly: the anatomical model on the third plate could easily have been a human body flayed and shellacked; Koerperwelten is not as new an idea as one might think.

Lástima que no está en español.

Some of the Rotten boroughs poked at in these satires here had more animals for herding than people...

Prince Charles, listen up.

Im here because of 3 blind mice

From the American perspective, I don’t see the value in the title......just the merchant’s money