What is The Graham Children?
{{italictitle}} [[File:William Hogarth 047.jpg|thumb|300px|''The Graham Children'']] [[File:Study of Thomas Graham by William Hogarth c. 1742.jpg|thumbnail|right|''Study of Thomas Graham'', William Hogarth, c. 1742.]] '''''The Graham Children''''' is an [[oil painting]] by [[William Hogarth]]. It was painted in 1742. It measures 160.5 × 181 cm (63.2 × 71.3 in). It hangs in the National Gallery, London.<ref name=Nat>[http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/william-hogarth-the-graham-children ''The Graham Children''.] The National Gallery. Retrieved 13 February 2015.</ref> The children are painted life size, surrounded by plush furnishings and fabrics that reflect the family's wealth. A gilded bird cage is suspended from a cord and Thomas sits in an ornate baby cart with a fine silver fruit bowl at his feet. Richard plays a tune on a bird-organ which makes the bird sing. == Details from the picture == <gallery> File:Cat and bird, The Graham Children, Hogarth.jpg|The cat and his prey. File:Orpheus The Graham Children, Hogarth.jpg|Orpheus on the bird-organ. File:Cupid with scythe The Graham Children.jpg|Time with scythe and hourglass. File:Still life, The Graham Children, Hogarth.jpg|The fruit basket. File:Bird on the carriage, The Graham Children, Hogarth.jpg|The flightless bird on the baby cart. </gallery> ==Other pictures of Children by William Hogarth== <gallery> File:A House of Cards, William Hogarth, 1730.jpg|''The House of Cards'', William Hogarth, 1730. Oil on canvas, [[National Museum Cardiff]]. File:A Tea Party, William Hogarth, 1730.jpg|''The Tea Party'', William Hogarth, 1730. Oil on canvas, National Museum Cardiff. File:The Cholmondeley Family, William Hogarth, 1732.jpg|''The Cholmondeley Family'', William Hogarth, 1732. Oil on canvas, National Gallery, London. </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham Children}} [[Category:1740s paintings]] [[Category:Paintings by William Hogarth]] [[Category:Paintings in the National Gallery, London]] {{stub}}