Boys Peeping at Nature
April 23, 1782
Medium
Etching and aquatint; copy of Hogarth's first state
Dimensions
plate: 5 1/2 x 5 5/16 in. (14 x 13.5 cm) sheet: 5 11/16 x 6 7/16 in. (14.4 x 16.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.42
Tags
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Richard Livesay · 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...