Painter, engraver and social satirist, William Hogarth first lodged in Covent Garden with his father-in-law artist Sir James Thornhill. By that time the Piazza had become a place of noise and traffic, with its dairy and vegetable market. Hogarth moved to 31 Leicester Square in 1733, seeking a more genteel place to work and set up his studio and print shop.

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