Hudibras's First Adventure (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 3)
Medium
Etching and engraving; fifth state of five
Dimensions
plate: 10 13/16 x 13 9/16 in. (27.4 x 34.4 cm) sheet: 11 11/16 x 14 3/8 in. (29.7 x 36.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.97
Tags
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Samuel Butler|Robert Sayer · 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...