The Roast Beef of Old England
William Hogarth
1748/49
Medium
Engraving in black on tan wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 38.5 × 45.5 cm (15 3/16 × 17 15/16 in.); Sheet: 47 × 62.9 cm (18 9/16 × 24 13/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
160034
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...