Ned Ward [ Commerce / Art and Literature ]
… Image Michael Vandergucht, ‘Ned Ward’, Wikimedia Commons, 1731. Image frontispiece, after Hogarth, of Edward Ward, A Compleat and humorous account of all the remarkable clubs and societies in the cities of London … London, best known for his London Spy (1698-1701) – a walkabout tour of the metropolis that typified his hearty comic style and eye for graphic detail. For the history of sociability, his works offer vivid contemporary … that the ideal of polite and decorous sociability was not one to which everyone subscribed. People > Commerce People > Art and Literature Keywords Clubs Humour Impoliteness Politics Satire Sex Taverns Edward ‘Ned’ Ward was a satirist and …
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