The Distressed Poet
William Hogarth
1736/1737
Medium
etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 43.3 × 54.7 cm (17 1/16 × 21 9/16 in.) mount: 46.6 × 62.7 cm (18 3/8 × 24 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1944.5.80
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...