The Cockpit
November 1759
Medium
Engraving in black on tan wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.6 × 37 cm (11 11/16 × 14 5/8 in.); Plate: 32.1 × 38.5 cm (12 11/16 × 15 3/16 in.); Sheet: 47.1 × 62.9 cm (18 9/16 × 24 13/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
160036
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...