Mr. Ben: Read, A Member of Hogarth's Club at the Bedford Arms Tavern, Drawn by him about the Year 1757
November 27, 1781
Medium
Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 10 9/16 in. (31.5 x 26.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.35(192)
Tags
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Benjamin Read|Richard Livesay · 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...