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Boys Peeping at Nature

Artist and publisher Richard Livesay British
After William Hogarth British
April 23, 1782
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Boys Peeping at Nature
  • Artist and publisher: Richard Livesay (British, 1750–1826 Southsea, near Portsmouth, Hampshire)
  • Artist: After William Hogarth (British, London 1697–1764 London)
  • Date: April 23, 1782
  • Medium: Etching and aquatint; copy of Hogarth's first state
  • Dimensions: plate: 5 1/2 x 5 5/16 in. (14 x 13.5 cm)
    sheet: 5 11/16 x 6 7/16 in. (14.4 x 16.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.42
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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