A Harlot's Progress, Plate 2
April 1732
Medium
Etching and engraving; fourth state of four
Dimensions
plate: 12 3/8 x 14 13/16 in. (31.4 x 37.7 cm) sheet: 13 3/8 x 15 7/8 in. (33.9 x 40.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.129
Tags
About the Artist
William Hogarth · 1697–1764
William Hogarth (1697-1764) was an English painter, printmaker, and pictorial satirist who became the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad. Born into poverty in London, the son of a failed schoolmaster who was imprisoned for debt, Hogarth's early experiences with the harsh realities of 18th-century urban life profoundly shaped his artistic vision. After apprenticing with si...