COLLECTION NAME:
Wetmore Print Collection
mediaCollectionId
ConnColl~5~5
Wetmore Print Collection
Collection
true
Filename:
FW-0093.jpg
filename
FW-0093.jpg
Filename
false
Creator:
HOGARTH, William
creator
HOGARTH, William
Creator
false
Creation Date:
1753
creation_date
1753
Creation Date
false
Primary Creation Century:
18th Century
primary_creation_century
18th Century
Primary Creation Century
false
Title:
Columbus Breaking the Egg
title
Columbus Breaking the Egg
Title
false
Object Type:
print
object_type
print
Object Type
false
Medium:
etching
medium
etching
Medium
false
Donor:
Fannie Wetmore, 1928
donor
Fannie Wetmore, 1928
Donor
false
Dimensions:
13.97 height x 17.78 width
dimensions
13.97 height x 17.78 width
Dimensions
false
Descriptive Notes:
[ Dec 2009: Biddle to be changed, as Hogarth is the real FW-0093 ]March 2009 - this was found matted BUT out of box & in non-Wetmore cabinet
descriptive_notes
[ Dec 2009: Biddle to be changed, as Hogarth is the real FW-0093 ]March 2009 - this was found matted BUT out of box & in non-Wetmore cabinet
Descriptive Notes
false
Primary Subject:
figures
primary_subject
figures
Primary Subject
false
Secondary Subject:
allegory
secondary_subject
allegory
Secondary Subject
false
Tertiary Subject:
clothing
tertiary_subject
clothing
Tertiary Subject
false
Comments:
refers to an allegory where Columbus asks if a group of people know how to stand an egg, tricks them with the simple solution of breaking the end to stand the egg up. allegories, men, games, eggs, eels, Subscription Ticket to the "Analysis of Beauty"
comments
refers to an allegory where Columbus asks if a group of people know how to stand an egg, tricks them with the simple solution of breaking the end to stand the egg up. allegories, men, games, eggs, eels, Subscription Ticket to the "Analysis of Beauty"
Comments
false
Box Number:
Box07 print 11 [ Dec 2009: Biddle to be changed, as Hogarth is the real FW-0093 ]
box_number
Box07 print 11 [ Dec 2009: Biddle to be changed, as Hogarth is the real FW-0093 ]
Box Number
false