The Committee (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudbras, Plate 10)
Medium
Etching and engraving; fourth state of five
Dimensions
plate: 10 13/16 x 13 15/16 in. (27.5 x 35.4 cm) sheet: 11 11/16 x 14 13/16 in. (29.7 x 37.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.103
Tags
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Samuel Butler|Robert Sayer · 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...