Hogarth's House

This free to visit site where the artist William Hogarth once lived just has printed copies of the artists paintings hanging in the rooms. The prints are displayed in sets with notes explaining what is being depicted. There are a small amount of artifacts in display cabinets. If you are hoping to see how Hogarth lived and rooms with furniture etc. you will be disappointed. Hogarth's original works are displayed at numerous galleries so I guess that you can see for example The Harlots Progress all in one place albeit as prints.

Well worth a visit, the garden is a good example of an "exhibition garden" showing different aspects of Hogarth's life.

If you are interested in william hogarth then this house maybe of interest to you. The house is small by today's standards and is in most ways more of a gallery/museum with very little furnishings. There are info boards of his life but I came away quite dissapointed on what was on offer. At least it's free to enter though

A nice, small museum of Hogarth and political cartooning. Not a big place but it is a pleasant stop if you happen to be in the area or visiting Chiswick Gardens. Make sure to play ‘skittles’ outside in the garden for some bonus fun!

I did the embossing class here and loved it. Hope they do it again: highly recommend doing their workshops. I also visited the museum, for the second time, and loved it, even more than the first time I went. I recommend setting aside a good amount of time so you can read all the storyboards that go with the etchings and then maybe follow it up with a visit to the paintings at the John Soames museum another time.

A delightful small museum in a house and its walled garden, Hogarth's own country retreat. It is full of copies of his prints and places his history in context with the history of Chiswick. You get the feel of his C18th times from the context of the prints and clothes.

This is a little gem of a museum is highly recommended when visiting London. You need to figure out how to cross the busy highway to get to the house as Google maps isn't that helpful but once you get there, your journey into history begins! The house and the mulberry garden looks amazing and has its own unique facts about its origins but most people will want to discover the Hogarth's plates and poems! It depicts caricature stories of society and the depravity of his time. These are timeless stories that reminds me of the political satire cartoons in the papers of current times. The expression of the faces are fantastic and you could stare at the plates for hours finding all sorts of things in them tickles your brain. Of course there are more things about the house and the Hogarth's family but real reason to visit are the plates. It is only about 20 minutes by underground from London City centre and a great pitstop when visiting Kew gardens.

The grounds are beautiful, but unfortunately we were banned from visiting because Hogarth’s House refuses to welcome any visitors on bicycles. We were told there was nowhere to lock our bicycles, that Hogarth’s House has no bike racks, and that visitors are forbidden from locking their bikes to the benches despite them not being historic pieces of furniture. Museum staff were extremely rude and made it feel like the decision to ban bikes was deliberate. There is plenty of room on the grounds for bike racks, and yet museum administrators have made the explicit choice to exclude visitors riding bicycles. The closest bike racks are at Chiswick House, more than a ten minute walk away—plus ten minutes to return to Hogarth’s, then ten minutes to collect your bike after your visit, making the total detour 30+ minutes. This is even more confusing considering it’s miserable to drive to the museum as it has no parking, and it’s miserable to walk there as it’s located beside the busy and noisy A4, the most polluted road in the borough. Why make it even more difficult to visit Hogarth’s House by refusing to install bike racks? Today was truly disappointing, as I was really looking forward to learning about the history of Hogarth House. The London Borough of Hounslow and Heritage Fund should not be supporting an institution this hostile to cyclists.

Tucked away behind a little gate is Hogarth's House on the busy Great West Road. For fans of Hogarth, it's a treasure with lots of prints and a glimpse into how Hogarth lived here. For people with a passing interest in Hogarth, it's a quick visit but as it's free, definitely worth popping in when you're in the area. I was lucky enough to see the garden on a warm sunny day and it was full of daisies and very pretty indeed.