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William Hogarth

William Hogarth, a central figure of eighteenth-century English satirical art, is represented here by four sheets that reveal his command of etching and aquatint. The selection centres on printed heads and character studies, with etching and aquatint as the dominant techniques and two of the sheets appearing as second states. Impressions up to 1781 carry the Met's dating of the sheets across the period 1743 to 1781, so the group reflects both original work and later printings.

4 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

William Hogarth — Characters and Caricaturas (April 1743, Met-Objekt 5556)
Characters and Caricaturas (April 1743, Met-Objekt 5556)
April 1743 · Etching; first state of two
 William Hogarth — Characters and Caricaturas (April 1743, Met-Objekt 5557)
Characters and Caricaturas (April 1743, Met-Objekt 5557)
April 1743 · Etching; second state of two
 William Hogarth — Four Heads From the Raphael Cartoons at Hampton Court (May 14, 1781, Met-Objekt 5936)
Four Heads From the Raphael Cartoons at Hampton Court (May 14, 1781, Met-Objekt 5936)
May 14, 1781 · Etching and aquatint; second state of two
 William Hogarth — Four Heads From the Raphael Cartoons at Hampton Court (May 14, 1781, Met-Objekt 5937)
Four Heads From the Raphael Cartoons at Hampton Court (May 14, 1781, Met-Objekt 5937)
May 14, 1781 · Etching and aquatint; second state of two