13 Facts About Hogarth's House

Hogarth's House is the former country home of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth in Chiswick, adjacent to the A4.

The Hogarth's House now belongs to the London Borough of Hounslow and is open to visitors as a historic house museum free of charge.

Hogarth's House was built between 1713 and 1717 in the corner of an orchard belonging to the Downes family.

Hogarth's House was appointed to the Lutheran Church at St James's Palace in 1728 at a salary of £200 a year.

Hogarth's House shared it with his wife, mother-in-law, his wife's cousin, Mary Lewis, and his sister.

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Hogarth's House came to Chiswick as Curate of St Nicholas' Church and went on to become Assistant Librarian at the British Museum.

Hogarth's House was part of a circle of writers and poets, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who promoted Cary's Dante translation and made it a best seller.

The Hogarth's House was acquired in 1833 by the Wickstead family; they migrated to Australia in 1840 and left the house to tenants.

Hogarth's House leased it to a nursery gardener along with part of his own garden.

Hogarth's House provided a collection of Hogarth's works, commissioned replica furniture based on pieces in Hogarth prints and even took the photographs for the first guide book himself.

Hogarth's House was damaged in September 1940 as a result of a parachute mine explosion nearby during World War II.

The interior of the Hogarth's House was refurbished for the Hogarth Tercentenary in 1997.

Hogarth's House has an attractive walled garden which contains a mulberry tree.