Columbus Breaking the Egg
Artist
William Hogarth
(1697 London, England - 1764 London, England)
Date1752
Mediumink, paper
Dimensionssheet: 7 1/4 × 7 in. (18.4 × 17.8 cm)
frame: 14 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (37.5 × 34.9 cm)
frame: 14 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (37.5 × 34.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Anne Perkins
Object numberPC2022.17.6
DescriptionAn etching depicting six men seated around a table. The central figure points at a broken egg in front of him. A second plate features two snakes recently emerged from eggs. In the foreground, a dog places its paws on the table. The text below reads" "Rec'd … of … five shillings being the first payment for a short tract in quarto call'd the Analysis of Beauty; wherein Forms are confer'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."On View
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