Title: The Distrest Poet
Object type: Print
Date: December 15, 1740
Artist:  William Hogarth 
Artist bio: British, London 1697–1764 London
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching and engraving; third state of three
Dimensions: plate: 14 3/16 x 16 1/4 in. (36 x 41.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Interiors, term: Men, term: Women, term: Cats, term: Writing