The Right Hon. Gustavus Lord Viscount Boyne &c.
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/16 x 6 7/16 in. (23.9 x 16.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.35(242)
Tags
MilitaryMenPortraits
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Gustavus Hamilton 2nd Viscount Boyne|Samuel Ireland · 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...