DISCOVERART

William Hogarth|Laurence Sterne

Frontispiece to "Tristram Shandy," Volume 1

19th century
Engraving
13.4 × 7.9 cm (5.3 × 3.1 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

Not currently on view

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

View at metmuseum.org ↗Plan a visit ↗

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

Community guidelines

More by William Hogarth|Laurence Sterne

Illustration to "Tristram Shandy," Volume 4Illustration to "Tristram Shandy," Volume 4

More like this

"Tristram Shandy," Frontispiece, Volume 1,Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder|William Hogarth|Laurence St"Tristram Shandy," Frontispiece, Volume 1,William Hogarth|Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder|Laurence StFrontispiece to "The Humours of Oxford"James Miller|William Hogarth|Gerard Vandergucht — FrontispieFrontispiece to Moliere's "L'Avare" (The Miser)William Hogarth|John Vandergucht|Jean-Baptiste Poquelin MoliBoar's Head Tavern: Prince Hal, Falstaff and Poins (Shakespeare, First Part of Henry IV, Act 2, Scene 4)William Shakespeare|Charles Heath, the elder|Robert Smirke —Frontispiece to Tobias Smollett's "Roderick Random"Charles Grignion, I|Francis Hayman|Tobias Smollett — FrontisHudibras Catechized (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 14)Samuel Butler|William Hogarth — Hudibras Catechized (SeventeLord Oxmington Repelling Lismahago's Challenge to Single Combat, an illustration from Tobias Smollett's "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker" (London, 1793), Vol. 1James Sibbald|Charles Grignion, I|Thomas Rowlandson — Lord OClinker Preaching in Clerkenwell Prison, an illustration from Tobias Smollett's "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker" (London, 1793), Vol. 1Thomas Rowlandson|Charles Grignion, I|James Sibbald — ClinkeA Midnight Modern ConversationWilliam Hogarth — A Midnight Modern ConversationFrontispiece for Fanny Burney's "Evelina": Mr. Lovel Bitten in the Ear by Captain Mirvan's Monkey, vol. IIIFrancesco Bartolozzi|John Hamilton Mortimer|T. Lowndes|FrancMen seated around a punch bowl, with a hunter offering a toastThomas Rowlandson|Thomas Bewick — Men seated around a punch