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Join us to explore William Hogarth’s "Modern Moral Subjects," where figures like Moll Hackabout and Tom Rakewell reveal the perils of vice and folly in the18th-century. For adults. Please register.
Presented by Dr. Christina Smylitopoulos, Associate Professor, School of Fine Art and Music, University of Guelph.
Sex, Drugs, and Mock and Moll: William Hogarth’s "Modern Moral Subjects" (1730s to 1750s). Join us as we explore the trials, trepidations, and tribulations of Moll Hackabout, Tom Rakewell, and The Viscount and Viscountess Squanderfield in the work of painter, engraver, and aesthetic theorist William Hogarth (1697-1764).
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If you have any questions, please contact Library Programmer Lauren Contini at lcontini@guelphpl.ca.
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