List of Works By William Hogarth - Attributed To Hogarth

Attributed To Hogarth

Various works which are either wrongly attributed to Hogarth, unlikely to be his work, or where some doubt exists as to whether they are his.

  • Peter Monamy Showing a Picture to Mr. Walker (c.1730–32). Since about 1980 this painting has almost universally been attributed to Gawen Hamilton (1698 — 1737). See "French and British Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in The Art Institute of Chicago": entry on Gawen Hamilton by Malcolm Warner. The painting is not mentioned by Ronald Paulson.
  • Night Encounter (c.1738) Listed in the Tate 1972 catalogue, Paulson says "It may be by Hogarth"
  • Frederick, Prince of Wales (c.1736–38)—attributed to Hogarth by the Royal Collection
  • Augusta, Princess of Wales (c.1736–38)—attributed to Hogarth by the Royal Collection
  • Boy with a Paper-kite (date unknown)
  • Virtuous Courtship (1759) possibly a companion piece to The Lady's Last Stake
  • Girl with a Cage Hogarth's name is on the back of the painting
  • A View in a Village near London (date unknown)
  • A View of St. James's Park exhibited in 1814 as by Hogarth but probably by J. Wale
  • Rosamond's Pond claimed by Samuel Ireland to be by Hogarth
  • Button's Coffee House (possibly "in the style of" by S. Ireland?)
  • Taste, or Burlington Gate—dismissed as Hogarth's work by Paulson on stylistic grounds
  • The Politician (not by Hogarth but based on one of his sketches)
  • Shop card for Richard Lee—a variation on A Midnight Modern Conversation, it is dismissed as Hogarth's work by Paulson on stylistic grounds

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