A Greek Patriarchal Crown – Tiara Patriarchalis Graeca (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, vol. I, plate 9)
Medium
Etching and engraving; first state of three
Dimensions
sheet: 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (33.7 x 26 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.35(217)
Tags
PuttiCrowns
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Aubry de La Mottraye · 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...