The Stage Coach, or Country Inn Yard
June 1747
Medium
Etching and engraving; third (?) state of four
Dimensions
plate: 8 1/2 x 12 1/8 in. (21.6 x 30.8 cm) sheet: 8 15/16 x 12 1/2 in. (22.7 x 31.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.4
Tags
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...