A Rake's Progress, Plate 7
June 25, 1735
Medium
Etching and engraving; fourth state of four
Dimensions
plate: 13 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. (35.2 x 40.9 cm) sheet: 15 5/8 x 18 3/4 in. (39.7 x 47.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.89
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...