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- William Hogarth was born on November 10, 1697 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Bedlam (1946), The Rake's Progress (1939) and Artists' Notebooks (1964). He was married to Jane Thornhill. He died on October 26, 1764 in London, England, UK.
- SpouseJane Thornhill(March 23, 1729 - October 26, 1764) (his death)
- His engravings were so plagiarized, he lobbied for the Copyright Act of 1735 as protection for writers and artists.
- Painter, print-maker, satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist known for his comic strip-like series of pictures of moral and ethical issues. Among his subjects was Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, an ancestor of Simon Fraser 15th Lord Lovat.
- Played by Toby Jones in A Harlot's Progress (2006).
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