Henry Fielding
William Hogarth|Henry Fielding
ca. 1835
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 5 x 4 1/16 in. (12.7 x 10.3 cm) sheet: 11 x 3 5/16 in. (28 x 8.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.756–1674
Tags
PortraitsMen
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Henry Fielding · 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...