Columbus Breaking the Egg
William Hogarth · 1752 · etching
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About this picture
Columbus Breaking the Egg is a public-domain illustration by William Hogarth, dated 1752. Etching. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Columbus Breaking the Egg” (1752) is a Hogarth subject: a scene of contemporary life, usually an engraving, meant to be read for what the people are doing.
About the artist
William Hogarth (1697–1764) was an English painter and engraver of modern moral subjects. Series such as A Harlot’s Progress and Marriage A-la-Mode tell one story across several plates.
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