Shrimps!
Medium
Stipple engraved copper plate, plated with steel?
Dimensions
plate: 10 13/16 x 8 1/16 in. (27.4 x 20.5 cm)
Classification
Plates
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.55.1
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Francesco Bartolozzi · 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...