Cassandra, Frontispiece, Vol. 4
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 5 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. (13.4 x 7.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.35(181)
Tags
SoldiersMenWomenTrees
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Gautier de Coste de La Calprenède · 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...