Date painted: 1730 Oil on canvas, 64.3 x 76.5 cm Collection: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales Born in London, where he trained as an engraver and a painter, Hogarth was a celebrated portraitist and the creator of modern, moral subjects. These interests combine in this conversation piece (one of a pair) of an unidentified group of children, painted in 1730.