Talk:Hogarth's House

Name
This article was originally Hogarth's House. User:Hux changed this claiming that The house is actually called "Hogarth House", not "Hogarth's House". Do we have a source for this statement? --RichardVeryard 16:19, 19 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I visited the house 28 Feb 2007 to check on the name. The displays have several early references to the form 'Hogarth House' with no possessive - OS map of 1860s, ditto 1890s, and bill of sale of the house dated 25 November 1901. However, then name then changed to 'Hogarth's House' as shown on the 30 May 1904 Daily Graphic article on the inaugural dinner of the museum, and later on the reopening on 24 September 1951. The very helpful and knowledgeable lady on duty there assured me that the correct name does have the possessive, and has had since it became a museum. The road signs, and the signs on the outside of the house itself, are all for 'Hogarth's House'.


 * So I think the article title should be changed back to 'Hogarth's House'. Presumably this can be done whilst keeping the later changes, so is not a simple reversion. I will look up how to do this in a day or so, but if anyone else would like to make the change, please go ahead. Patche99z 18:23, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I bow to your more extensive and certainly more up-to-date info! I've moved the page back to its previous title. -- Hux 19:50, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you - it was a small point but I am trying to be scholarly and precise. Patche99z 11:01, 6 March 2007 (UTC)...and succeeding, I see, in also being a little pompous.... Patche99z 13:56, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Ownership of the House
The current text says that the house is owned by the London Borough of Hounslow. However according to the website of the Charity Commission there is a charity named Hogarth's House (number 1010069) of which the London Borough of Hounslow is the sole trustee. The accounts for the year ending 31 March 2012 list Hogarth House as an asset of the charity.

This all suggests to me that it is not true to say that the House is owned by LBH. It seems to me to matter because the interests of the charity and the interests of the council may not always coincide, and the council should have some way of recognising when it is acting as a trustee of the charity. This seems unlikely if everyone believes it is the owner of the House.

Can anyone else cast light on this? Or perhaps tell me why it doesn't actually matter? Tom Beaton (talk) 11:22, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

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