Bath Decorative and Fine Arts Society
Matters Hogarthian and
The Foundling Hospital
William Hogarth was born in London to Richard Hogarth, a poor school teacher and textbook
writer, and Anne Gibbons. In his youth he was apprenticed to an engraver where he learned this
trade. He subsequently became an acclaimed artist mainly remembered today for his moralistic
depiction of life in the 18th Century..
He and his wife lived in Chiswick from 1749, when he bought the house now known as Hogarths
House and preserved as a museum; he lived there for the rest of his life. The Hogarths had no
children, although they fostered foundling children. He was a founding Governor of the Foundling
Hospital.
The Foundling Hospital in London, was founded in 1739 by the Philanthropic sea captain
William Coram. It was a children's home established for the "education and maintenance of
exposed and deserted young children.”
Lecturer: Lars Tharp is a Ceramics as well as a Hogarth specialist. He is a regular lecturer
and broadcaster and leads occasional tours to China. Born in Copenhagen, he read Archaeology
at Cambridge, was at Sothebys for sixteen years, and is today London's Foundling Museum's
'Hogarth Ambassador'. He holds an Honorary Doctorate in Art, is a Fellow of the Society of
Antiquaries of London and sits on the court of The Company of Weavers, London's oldest guild.
He has served twice on the Art Fund's Annual Prize to Museums and Galleries. He has presented
numerous programmes on TV and radio, he writes on many subjects and is passionate about
music.
Date and Time: Thursday 15th. March 2017.
Venue: Bath Royal Literary and Scientific institution 18, Queen Square Bath10.30am to 3pm.
£38 including coffee (from 10am) and sandwich lunch
Bath DAFAS is a member of NADFAS, an Art Education Charity
Education and
Conservation