A Lapland Hut (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, vol. II, pl. 38)

Author Related author Aubry de La Mottraye French British

1723–24

Not on view

Hogarth made this print early in his career to illustrate a travel book by the French author Aubry de La Mottraye. We are shown a Lapland landscape, with sections devoted to a hut, figures and local customs. Numbered elements include: 1. a large tee-pee like tent with figures cooking within, 4: a small wooden structure built in a tree, for drying fish, 5: a woman holding a baby in a carrier, 6 and 11: men on skis, 8: a woman milking a reindeer, 9: a magic drum, 10: a sledge drawn across ice by a reindeer, 12: a man leading a reindeer.

Artwork Details

Title: A Lapland Hut (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, vol. II, pl. 38)
Artist: William Hogarth (British, London 1697–1764 London)
Author: Related author Aubry de La Mottraye (French, ca. 1674–1743)
Date: 1723–24
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 9 15/16 x 13 1/2 in. (25.2 x 34.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Object Number: 32.35(229)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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