Trade card for James Figg
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 7 11/16 x 6 9/16 in. (19.5 x 16.6 cm) Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 15/16 in. (20.9 x 17.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.29
Tags
SwordsMenAthletes
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Joseph Sympson, Jr.|James Figg · 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...