 |
| William Hogarth Heads of Six of Hogarth's Servants ca. 1750-55 oil on canvas Tate Britain |
 |
| George Morland Guinea Pigs 1792 oil on canvas McManus Gallery, Dundee, Scotland |
 |
| John Wootton The Beauchamp-Proctor Family and Friends at Langley Park, Norfolk ca. 1749 oil on canvas Norfolk Museums |
 |
| Philippe Mercier Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount Irwin and his wife Anne ca. 1745 oil on canvas Temple Newsam House, Leeds |
 |
| attributed to Carle Vanloo Lady and Gentleman as Shepherdess and Shepherd ca. 1750 oil on canvas Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham |
 |
| Marcellus Laroon the Younger Lady and Gentleman with a Page ca. 1725-50 oil on canvas Marble Hill House, London |
 |
| Francis Hayman David Garrick and Hannah Pritchard in The Suspicious Husband by Benjamin Hoadly 1752 oil on canvas Museum of London |
"Hoadly was an inexperienced dramatist, and it almost seems that he wrote according to intuition, following a natural predilection for wit and love of intrigue. He was capable of manipulating his characters into potentially comic situations. Yet once he had them there, he often let the situation disintegrate into meaningless banter and ineffectual stage movement. For example, Act IV Scene iv finds Clarinda, Ranger's cousin, in a position to play cleverly with her cousin's passion for women. It is a scene revolving around mistaken identity, and Clarinda's use of a common eighteenth-century disguise – the mask. In the MS, Clarinda enters her house, mask in hand, followed by her landlady. Ranger enters almost immediately. The printed text manages to make more of both the entrance and the ensuing predicament. Here, the scene opens in Clarinda's lodgings, while off stage Ranger and the landlady can be heard talking. Clarinda enters laughing with her maid behind her. Recognizing her cousin's voice, she sends her maid to fetch her mask."
– Harriet Boyes-Maconaghie, A Critical Edition of Benjamin Hoadly's The Suspicious Husband, 1984
 |
| Samuel de Wilde Richard Wilson as Sir Francis Wronghead in The Provok'd Husband by Colley Cibber ca. 1790 oil on canvas Holburne Museum, Bath |
 |
| Angelica Kauffmann Penelope at her Loom 1764 oil on canvas Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries |
 |
| Philippe Mercier The Letter Writer ca. 1725-50 oil on canvas Marble Hill House, London |
 |
| Richard Wilson Boy with Apples ca. 1745 oil on canvas National Museum Cardiff (Wales) |
 |
| Charles Jervas Portrait of a Lady ca. 1720 oil on canvas Chawton House Library, Hampshire |
 |
| Jan van Huysum Vase with Flowers ca. 1720 oil on panel Dulwich Picture Gallery, London |
 |
| Jan Weenix Flowers on a Fountain with a Peacock ca. 1700-1710 oil on canvas Wallace Collection, London |
 |
| Jan Weenix Dead Swan and Peacock 1708 oil on canvas National Trust, Belton House, Lincolnshire |