El capitán Lord George Graham en su camarote

William Hogarth · PD

El capitán Lord George Graham en su camarote


Ficha

Año
1745
Técnica
óleo sobre lienzo
Tipo
pintura
Dimensiones
68,5 × 88,9 cm

La historia

Graham had just come through a sharp little action at sea, three British ships against a squadron of French privateers, and the British came off well. In 1745 he wanted a picture of it, and Hogarth gave him almost the opposite of a battle. We are in the great cabin afterward, the captain settled back with a lit pipe while the ship's chaplain and clerk sing and a servant plays music for them. Hogarth could not resist the jokes. A dog sits in a wig striking the captain's own dignified pose. And behind the whole party the steward, grinning straight out at us, is quietly tipping a boat of gravy down the chaplain's back.

La app te las lee, en diez idiomas. Muy pronto.
El capitán Lord George Graham en su camarote — William Hogarth — MuseScope