Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764, BritishAfter William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Title:
Columbus Breaking the Egg
Date:
1752
Materials & Techniques:
Etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 7 5/8 inches (20.6 × 19.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered below image: "Rec'd of | five shillings being the first Payment for a short Tract in Quarto | call'd the Analysis of Beauty; wherein Forms are consider'd in a new | light, to which will be added two explanatory Prints serious and | comical, Engrav'd on large Copper Plates fit to frame for Furniture."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker