Mary Hogarth Charles Dickens when Mary was aged 14, on Dickens' first visit to the Hogarth household in Brompton, London. Whilst Dickens and Catherine were courting, Mary was a constant companion and chaperone to both of them. After Charles and Catherine Dickens married in 1836, Hogarth lived with them for a month in a three bedroom apartment at the Furnival's Inn in Holborn, London. From March 1837, Hogarth lived with the couple at 48 Doughty Street, where she helped her sister with household chores, as Catherine was pregnant with her first child. Hogarth was described by those who knew her as "sweet,
Before and After (Hogarth) Before and After (Hogarth) Before and After is a pair of comic paintings by British painter William Hogarth. He made two painted versions in 1730-31. The first version show an exterior scene in a wooded glade, based on contemporary French pastoral fête galante, while a second version move the scene indoors. Hogarth made an engravings based on the second version in 1736. In each pair, based on the position and appearance of the subjects, the first painting shows the couple before and the second after sexual intercourse. The first version, painted 1730–31, is now held by the Fitzwilliam Museum in