Design for an Ornamental Crest for Silver Plate
William Hogarth
early 18th century
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed into an oval): 4 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (12.4 x 12 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Accession Number
63.608.2
Tags
Human FiguresOrnamentFacesCoat of Arms
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...