Plate One, from The Analysis of Beauty
1753
Medium
Etching and engraving in black on cream laid paper (now in two parts, with the right side laid down on front book cover)
Dimensions
Image: 36.6 × 49 cm (14 7/16 × 19 5/16 in.); Plate: 41 × 54 cm (16 3/16 × 21 5/16 in.); Sheet: 42 × 56.5 cm (16 9/16 × 22 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
12227
About the Artist
William Hogarth · 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...