| Timeline |
| 1697 |
Born 10 November in London |
| 1712 |
Apprenticed to an engraver of silverplate |
| 1720 |
Operates own business engraving book plates and painting portraits |
| 1726 |
Illustrates the novel Hudibras by Samuel Butler |
| 1729 |
Elopes with Jane Thornhill |
| 1732 |
A Harlot's Progress completed |
| 1735 |
A Rake's Progress completed |
| 1735 |
Hogarth's Act passes, establishes St. Martin's Lane Academy (a guild for professional artists and a school for young artists) |
| 1743 |
Marriage à la Mode completed |
| 1753 |
Writes The Analysis of Beauty |
| 1757 |
Appointed sergeant painter to George II |
| 1762 |
Publishes his anti-war satire The Times |
| 1763 |
Has a paralytic seizure |
| 1764 |
Dies 26 October in London |
