Columbus breaking the egg
William Hogarth (London 1697 - London 1764)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Dec 1753
Materials
Paper and cardboard
Measurements
520 x 635 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire
NT 413858.2
Summary
Print, etching, Columbus breaking the egg by William Hogarth (London 1697 - London 1764). unframed etching of six men at supper, the bottom of a pair of etchings mounted together, 'Designed and Etch'd by Wm Hogarth Decem 1753'. Subscription ticket for the "Analysis of Beauty" with 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. Inscribed below: "Recd. [4 August 1752] of [Cha Rogers] 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./N.B. The Price will be rais'd after the Subscription is over."; the inscriptions in square brackets are in pencil. Below the plate mark, to right, signed "Wm Hogarth".
Makers and roles
William Hogarth (London 1697 - London 1764), engraver (printmaker)