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Design for an Ornamental Crest for Silver Plate
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Design for an Ornamental Crest for Silver Plate

early 18th century

Dimensions

Sheet (trimmed into an oval): 4 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (12.4 x 12 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About William Hogarth

1697–1764Kingdom of Great Britain

Hogarth is best known for his satirical engravings. He was an important figure in the establishment of an English school of painting, both through the quality of his own work and through campaigns to improve the status of the artist in England. By publishing engravings after his own paintings, he showed other artists that they could be independent of wealthy patrons. Comment on works: Portraits; Genre