Trade card of Mary & Ann Hogarth, the old Frock Shop

Trade card of Mary & Ann Hogarth, the old Frock Shop

William Hogarth

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Trade card for Mary & Ann Hogarth, the old Frock Shop. Mary and Ann were the sisters of William Hogarth, the well-known painter. Hogarth designed a whole array of trade cards and other ephemeral prints, such as receipts for his subscribers. This trade card is characterized by a view of a shop interior above, and inscribed text mostly in italics, below.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Trade card of Mary & Ann Hogarth, the old Frock ShopTrade card of Mary & Ann Hogarth, the old Frock ShopTrade card of Mary & Ann Hogarth, the old Frock ShopTrade card of Mary & Ann Hogarth, the old Frock ShopTrade card of Mary & Ann Hogarth, the old Frock Shop

The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.