Title: Columbus Breaking the Egg
Object type: Print
Date: December 1, 1753
Portfolio: Analysis of Beautry
Artist:  William Hogarth 
Artist bio: British, London 1697–1764 London
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching and engraving; second state of two
Dimensions: plate: 6 7/16 x 7 5/8 in. (16.4 x 19.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Eggs