Columbus Breaking the Egg
Columbus Breaking the Egg is a 1752 engraving by English artist William Hogarth. Issued as the subscription ticket for his treatise on art, The Analysis of Beauty, it depicts an apocryphal tale (the "Egg of Columbus") concerning Christopher Columbus's response to detractors of his discovery of the New World. Hogarth uses the story as a parallel to what he considered his own discoveries in art.
| Columbus Breaking the Egg | |
|---|---|
| Artist | William Hogarth |
| Year | 1752 |
| Type | Engraving |
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