The First Stage of Cruelty: First, Children Torturing Animals

William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British, The First Stage of Cruelty: First, Children Torturing Animals, 1751

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Title:: The First Stage of Cruelty: First, Children Torturing Animals
Part Of:: Collective Title: The Four Stages of Cruelty
Date:: 1751
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 12 3/4in. (39.1 x 32.4cm)
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public domain
Accession Number:: B1981.25.1440
Classification:: Prints
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
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Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42045
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Alice Insley, William Hogarth : visions in print, Tate Publishing, London, 2021, p. 60, NJ18 .H67 I57 2021 (LC) [ORBIS]

John Mullan, His Picture was His Stage, TLS, the Times Literary Supplement, Issue no. 5425, March 23, 2007, pp. 18-19, Film S748 (SML) Also Available Online in TLS Archive [ORBIS]

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