[Columbus breaking the egg] [graphic]Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker[1 December 1753]engOriginally designed as the subscription ticket for the "Analysis of Beauty" the design, based on Leonardo's Last Supper shows, depicts Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a plate in the center of the table. On the bottom right, a dog peeps over the edge of the table, the cloth and cutlery tossed off to the side. In this state the receipt portion has been cut off and statement of responsibility addedTitle, publisher, and state from Paulson.1 print; etching ; plate mark 164 x 192 mm, on sheet 213 x 244 mm.