Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism
March 15, 1762
Medium
Etching and engraving; second state of two
Dimensions
plate: 17 1/4 x 13 in. (43.8 x 33 cm) sheet: 18 7/16 x 13 3/4 in. (46.8 x 35 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.117
Tags
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...