The Political Clyster
January 1757
Medium
Etching and engraving; second state of three
Dimensions
plate: 8 1/16 x 12 3/4 in. (20.5 x 32.4 cm) sheet: 8 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (22.2 x 34.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.61
Tags
About the Artist
William Hogarth|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...