Christine Riding

The paintings of Four Times of the Day (clockwise from top left: Morning, Noon, Night, and Evening)

Hogarth’s London: Satire and the Street

Christine Riding looks at William Hogarth’s particular view of the street life of 18th-century London, and at what his interpretation presents in comparison with the artistic offerings of his Continental competitors.

Study after The Raft of the Medusa, unknown artist, after Théodore Géricault. Musée de la Vie romantique. Public Domain.

Britain and the Medusa Shipwreck

The French tragedy at sea, immortalised in Géricault’s masterpiece The Raft of the Medusa, was put to use in the service of British patriotism.