Columbus breaking the Egg, William Hogarth, 1752

Subscription ticket for the "analysis of beauty" with christopher columbus demonstrating, having cracked an egg in order to make it stand, that a discovery appears simple only after an inventive mind has made it known. 1752 etching. Date: 1752. Dimensions: Height: 205 mm; Width: 193 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Christopher Columbus. Collection: British Museum. Columbus breaking the Egg (BM 1868,0822.1601 1)

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