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Description Columbus Breaking the Egg' (Christopher Columbus), by William Hogarth (died 1764). Subscription ticket for Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty.

Etching by William Hogarth

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William Hogarth  (1697–1764)  wikidata:Q171344 s:en:Author:William Hogarth q:en:William Hogarth
 
William Hogarth
Description English-British painter and engraver
Date of birth/death 10 November 1697 Edit this at Wikidata 25 October 1764
Location of birth/death London London
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