Boys Peeping at Nature
William Hogarth
1751
Medium
Etching and engraving; fourth state of four
Dimensions
sheet: 5 7/8 x 4 13/16 in. (15 x 12.3 cm) (trimmed)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.35(205)
Tags
PaintingSculptureBoys
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...