Tailpiece, or The Bathos
March 3, 1764
Medium
Etching and engraving; only state
Dimensions
plate: 12 11/16 x 13 5/16 in. (32.2 x 33.8 cm) sheet: 13 7/16 x 14 5/16 in. (34.2 x 36.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.66
Tags
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...