The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox
William Hogarth
1729
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
50 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. (128.3 x 102.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Marquand Fund, 1936
Accession Number
36.111
Tags
InteriorsWeddingsMenWomen
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...