Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Hogarth
Born: November 10, 1697
Died: October 26, 1764 (aged 66)
Bio: William Hogarth was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art.
Known for:
- Beer Street and Gin Lane
- A Harlot's Progress (1732)
- The Shrimp Girl (1745)
- The Gate of Calais (1748)