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Fodina argentea Sahlensis – A Silver Mine at Sala - II (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, vol. II, pl. 33, no. 2)

Fodina argentea Sahlensis – A Silver Mine at Sala - II (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, vol. II, pl. 33, no. 2) by William Hogarth|Aubry de La Mottraye

Medium

Etchng and engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 9 13/16 x 6 1/2 in. (25 x 16.5 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(227)

Tags

Maps

About the Artist

William Hogarth|Aubry de La Mottraye · 16971764

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...

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