Beer Street
William Hogarth
1751
Medium
Engraved copper plate
Dimensions
15 7/16 x 13 in. (39.2 x 33 cm)
Classification
Plates
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.55.2
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
SatireMenWomenFishDrinking
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...