Justice Welch
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (14 x 11.5 cm) Sheet: 9 x 6 1/4 in. (22.9 x 15.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.756-2320
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Samuel Ireland|Saunders Welch · 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...