# Portrait of a Young Woman [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HOGARTH, William]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 76,5 x 63,5 cm ## Commentary An indigenous 'English School' arose in 18th-century painting, driven to a significant extent by the many commissions emanating from the nobility. The social élite had their portraits painted and were also fond of straightforward, unadorned paintings of their country houses and estates, or scenes from high society. The elegant Portrait of a Young Woman by William Hogarth is a representative example of the informal and detached portraiture practiced in England. ## Related artworks - [A Scene from the Beggar's Opera]() - [An Election Entertainment]() - [Before the Seduction and After]() - [Gin Lane]() - [Marriage à la Mode]() - [Marriage à la Mode]() - [Portrait of Mary Edwards]() - [Soliciting Votes]() - [The Marriage of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox]() - [The Orgy]() - [The Painter and his Pug]() - [The Shrimp Girl]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()