Martin Folkes
Medium
Etching and engraving; fourth state of four
Dimensions
plate: 13 1/16 x 9 3/8 in. (33.2 x 23.8 cm) sheet: 19 5/16 x 14 in. (49.1 x 35.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.756–1182
Tags
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Martin Folkes · 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...