Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Title:
Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse
Date:
1764
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 x 14 inches (40.6 x 35.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered center right: "COMEDY | 1764"; lower right: "ANALYSIS OF"; lower center: "William Hogarth. 1764"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.1456
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
satyr | paintbrush | chair | easel | mask | portrait | alteration | man | sadness | comedy | beauty | artist | treatise
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
Publications:
Susan Rather, A Painter's Progess: Matthew Pratt and 'The American School', Metropolitan Museum Journal, vol. 28, 1993, p. 177, fig. 9, Available online (ORBIS) Also available in hardcopy: N610 A725 (LC)+ Oversize (HAAS)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42068