The Good Samaritan (St. Luke, Chap. 10, verse 30)
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 16 3/4 x 22 5/16 in. (42.5 x 56.7 cm) Small lower plate: 2 5/16 x 22 5/16 in. (5.8 x 56.7 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 x 23 in. (50.5 x 58.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.127
Tags
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder|Jean Marie Delattre|John & Josiah Boydell · 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...