Frontispiece to the Catalogue of Pictures Exhibited in Spring Garden
May 7, 1761
Medium
Etching and engraving; first state of three
Dimensions
sheet: 7 1/4 x 9/16 in. (18.4 x 1.5 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(79)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the lively world of 18th British art with this charming *Frontispiece to the Catalogue of Pictures Exhib in Spring Garden*, created in 1761 by William Hogarth, the master of satirical prints, and engraved by Charles Grignion. As a frontispiece—an ornamental title page for an exhibition catalogue—it captures the buzz of London's burgeoning art scene. Dated May 7, 1761, it promoted paintings shown in Spring Gardens, a popular venue near St. James's Park, reflecting the era's growing public enthusiasm for visual arts amid the Enlightenment's cultural flowering. Crafted as an etching an...