[6][4][5] As William Hogarth became more successful, the couple bought a second house in Chiswick, where many prominent scholars and performers of the time lived.

[8][9] In 1760, William Hogarth fell ill, eventually moving from Chiswick back to their Covent Garden house, with Jane staying behind.

[9][6] A cumulative tradition of commentary and biography was founded on the Lettres (1746) of the French miniaturist Jean André Rouquet, in London under George II, and anecdotes supplied by Horace Walpole.

Bringing in John Keyse Sherwin, Hogarth published The Politician in 1774, an engraving from a sketch supposed to have been made by William for his friend Ebenezer Forrest, which became included with prints of her husband's works.

[10][19] Her estate passed to Mary Lewis, her cousin; who sold the rights to William Hogarth's copper plates to John Boydell, for an annuity.

Much of the remaining Hogarth collections, including Sigismunda mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo and works by James Thornhill, was put up for sale, with John Greenwood as auctioneer, on 24 April 1790.

[27][25] John Ireland bought papers from Mary Lewis, resulting in scholarly works, Hogarth Illustrated (1791, 2 vols.)

The remaining Hogarth collections then went to Phil(l)ip Francis Hast (died 1823), a cousin, of the household of the future George IV.