Burning the Rumps at Temple Bar, plate eleven from Hudibras
February 1725/26
Medium
Engraving in black on cream laid paper edge mounted on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 24.5 × 49.5 cm (9 11/16 × 19 1/2 in.); Plate: 27.2 × 50.5 cm (10 3/4 × 19 15/16 in.); Primary support: 27.4 × 50.9 cm (10 13/16 × 20 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 36 × 56.8 cm (14 3/16 × 22 3/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
184616
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...