Trade card of Mary & Ann Hogarth, the old Frock Shop
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 4 15/16 in. (17.2 × 12.5 cm) Plate: 6 5/16 × 4 3/8 in. (16 × 11.1 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ephemera
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Accession Number
26.28.166
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Ann Hogarth|Mary 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...