A Rake's Progress, Plate 6
June 25, 1735
Medium
Etching and engraving; third state of three
Dimensions
plate: 14 x 16 1/4 in. (35.6 x 41.2 cm) sheet: 15 9/16 x 14 15/16 in. (39.6 x 37.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.88
Tags
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Dr. John Hoadley · 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...