Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn
May 1738
Medium
Etching and engraving in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 42.3 × 53.7 cm (16 11/16 × 21 3/16 in.); Plate: 46 × 56.2 cm (18 1/8 × 22 3/16 in.); Sheet: 47 × 62 cm (18 9/16 × 24 7/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
87547
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...