...his library, answered ' Shakespeare ' ; being asked which he esteemed next best, replied ' Hogarth.' His graphic representations are indeed books ; they...words. Other pictures we look at ; his prints we read." He protests against confounding " the painting of subjects in common or vulgar life with the being...

...suggest. Charles Lamb emphasized the linguistic nature of this sort of reading when he said of Hogarth, "His graphic representations are indeed books: they have the teeming, fruitful, suggestive meanings of words. Other pictures we look at — his prints we read" (449). Raymond Lister's descriptions...

...suggest. Charles Lamb emphasized the linguistic nature of this sort of reading when he said of Hogarth, "His graphic representations are indeed books: they have the teeming, fruitful, suggestive meanings of words. Other pictures we look at — his prints we read" (449). Raymond Lister's descriptions...

...agendas on the transformative powers of art. Writing of the engravings of Hogarth, Lamb described them as books: "They have the teeming, fruitful, suggestive...meaning of words. Other pictures we look at — his we read." Something of the same is true of Goya's prints; of the Caprichos; of Los Desastres de la...

...Charakteristikum seiner Kupferstiche der außergewöhnlich hohe Grad ihrer >Lesbarkeit< , so Charles Lamb: »His graphic representations are indeed books: they...meaning of words. Other pictures we look at, - his pictures we read.«96 Der Vergleich der Kupferstiche mit Büchern impliziert, daß Hogarths Bildern...

...the analogy to emphasize the verbal rather than the performative elements of theater: "[Hogarth's] graphic representations are indeed books: they have...words. Other pictures we look at, - his prints we read."27 From here, one can trace an analogical hopscotch between verbal to visual arts all the way...

...in his library, answered 'Shakspeare': being asked which he esteemed next best, replied 'Hogarth.' His graphic representations are indeed books: they...words. Other pictures we look at — his prints we read "The quantity of thought which Hogarth crowds into every picture would almost unvulgarise every subject...

...applicable to his time, and then, not only wholesome and admissible, but greatly needed. Lamb says : " His graphic representations are indeed books; they...Other pictures we look at, — his prints we read." In illustration of this remark we would instance the marriage scene in " The Rake's Progress" series,...