Shrimps!
[March 25, 1782], reissued 1790
Medium
Stipple engraving, printed in brown ink; third state
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 5/16 x 7 in. (26.2 x 17.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Frederick Allien, 1921
Accession Number
21.72(3)
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Shrimps!" is a charming stipple engraving from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints collection, gifted in 1921. Created designs by the renowned British artist William Hogarth (1697–1764), it was published by his widow Jane Hogarth and Boydell and Co., with engraving by the masterful Italian Francesco Bartolozzi. Dated March 25, 1782, and reissued in 1790 as a third state printed in warm brown ink, this intimate sheet measures just 10 5/16 x 7 inches, perfect for a collector's cabinet. Stipple engraving, Bartolozzi's specialty, employs fine dots to build subtle tones and textu...
About the Artist
Jane Hogarth|Boydell and Co.|William Hogarth|Francesco Bartolozzi (British|British|British) · 1697 |1703 |1709 –1764 |1773 |1789
British, London 1697–1764 London|British, 1703–1773|British, 1709–1789