Dismemberment, etc. (John Beaver, Roman Military Punishments, 1725)
William Hogarth|John Beaver
after 1725
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 1 3/4 x 3 1/16 in. (4.4 x 7.7 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(89)
Tags
SoldiersMenTreesDeathPunishment
About the Artist
William Hogarth|John Beaver · 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...