Frontispiece to "Tristram Shandy," Volume 1
William Hogarth|Laurence Sterne
19th century
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
image: 5 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. (13.4 x 7.9 cm) sheet: 6 15/16 x 9 3/8 in. (17.7 x 23.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.22a
Tags
MenReadingSmokingSleeping
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Laurence Sterne · 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...