portrayed both the tragic and the ridiculous with aplomb

On this day 250 years ago William Hogarth, the English painter and printmaker, died suddenly from an aneurysm at his studio in Leicester Square, London. As an artist who portrayed both the tragic and the ridiculous with aplomb, Hogarth was one of the eighteenth century's most sparkling talents

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250年前的這一天，英國畫家和版畫家威廉·霍加斯（William Hogarth）在倫敦萊斯特廣場的工作室突然死於動脈瘤。 霍加斯是一位描寫悲劇與荒謬的藝術家*，他是18世紀最耀眼的才華之一。

*沒將 with aplomb 沉著 翻譯出