Gulielmus Hogarth
1749
Here we have the English master of satire, William Hogarth, posing with his beloved pug, Trump, in a self-portrait from 1749. Notice the artist's palette resting on the books? It features an S-shaped curve labeled 'The Line of Beauty,' a nod to Hogarth's own aesthetic theory that this winding line represents liveliness and grace. The Latin inscription at the bottom, 'Gulielmus Hogarth,' proudly declares his name, while 'Se ipse Pinxit et Sculpsit' boasts that he both painted and engraved this very image himself—a true flex of his multi-talented skills.
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