The Author's Benefit: Pasquin
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 5 13/16 x 6 in. (14.8 x 15.2 cm) Sheet: 6 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (16.2 x 16.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.38
Tags
AnimalsMenWomenSatyrs
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Henry Fielding · 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...