Sr. Hudibras, His Passing Worth, The Manner How He Sally'd Forth" (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 2)

Sr. Hudibras, His Passing Worth, The Manner How He Sally'd Forth" (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 2) by William Hogarth|Samuel Butler|Robert Sayer

Medium

Etching and engraving; third state of three

Dimensions

plate: 10 3/4 x 13 11/16 in. (27.3 x 34.7 cm) sheet: 11 5/8 x 14 1/2 in. (29.5 x 36.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.96

Tags

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About the Artist

William Hogarth|Samuel Butler|Robert Sayer · 16971764

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...

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