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"The importance of knowing perspective"   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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William Hogarth  (1697–1764)  wikidata:Q171344 s:en:Author:William Hogarth q:en:William Hogarth
 
William Hogarth
Description English-British painter and engraver
Date of birth/death 10 November 1697 Edit this at Wikidata 25 October 1764
Location of birth/death London London
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artist QS:P170,Q171344
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"The importance of knowing perspective"
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Satire on "False Perspective": Whoever makes a Design without the knowledge of Perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shewn in this Frontispiece.
Date 1753
date QS:P571,+1753-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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