Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate IV
William Hogarth|Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder
April 1, 1745
Medium
Etching and engraving; third state of three
Dimensions
Plate: 15 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. (38.7 x 47 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.110
Tags
MenWomenPartyDrinking
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder · 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...