Hudibras and the Lawyer (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 12)
Medium
Etching and engraving; third state of three (Paulson 1970), or four of four (Paulson 1989)
Dimensions
plate: 10 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (27.3 x 35.2 cm) sheet: 11 11/16 x 14 3/4 in. (29.7 x 37.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.101
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Samuel Butler · 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...