William HogarthEnglish, 1697–1764A Native Dance
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National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
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- In this state since
- Aug 19, 2026
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- The museum's own collection data
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- Accession number
- 1976.43.1
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Meanwhile, in the life of William Hogarth
The whole life1712–1764 · Workplace
London
1724
Meeting fifteen-year-old Jane Thornhill
In 1724 Hogarth met Thornhill’s daughter Jane, then fifteen; five years later they would marry in secret.
from November 1724
Sir James Thornhill’s school
Shortly after it opened, in November 1724, Hogarth enrolled in a drawing school in Covent Garden run by Sir James Thornhill, serjeant painter to George I; he later claimed that even as an apprentice he carried in his head Thornhill’s paintings for St Paul’s Cathedral and Greenwich Hospital. He abandoned the earlier academy.
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