The Beggar's Opera, Act III
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 18 1/8 x 23 in. (46 x 58.4 cm) Sheet: 18 3/4 x 23 in. (47.7 x 58.4 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(208)
Tags
About the Artist
William Hogarth|William Blake|John Gay|John & Josiah Boydell · 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...