William Hogarth shone a bright light on the human condition in the mid 18th century. His social commentaries focused on immorality and hypocrisy, vice and corruption at all levels of society, from the aristocracy to the lowliest commoner.
His best-known work is probably Gin Lane, which shows a baby tumbling from its gin-soaked mother’s arms. That’s in this splendid exhibition, the largest and most complete collection of Hogarth’s work ever to be displayed, alongside its more positive companion, Beer Street.
