The Parson's Head
October 1788
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 6 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. (15.9 x 13.7 cm) sheet: 11 x 17 3/8 in. (28 x 44.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.2715
Tags
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Richard Livesay · 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...