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Boston Public Library
English Caricature and Political Satire, 18th and 19th Centuries
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William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints
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British Artists
Columbus breaking the egg
Columbus breaking the egg
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Item Information
Title:
Columbus breaking the egg
Description:
Christopher Columbus demonstrating, having cracked an egg in order to make it stand, that a discovery appears simple only after an inventive mind has made it known.
Artist:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Publisher:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Name on Item:
Design'd & Etch'd by Wm. Hogarth
Date:
December 1, 1753
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints
Subjects:
Eggs
Explorers
Columbus, Christopher
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 17 x 20 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5138jt371
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[William Hogarth]
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Paulson: 194
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Paulson, Ronald. "Hogarth's Graphic Works." The Print Room, 1989, London.
Notes (object):
Second state. After the receipt was cut off. This state was usually bound as a frontispiece to the Analysis of Beauty.
Identifier:
18_06_000059
W. 1246 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666003800931
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