Artwork

The First Stage of Cruelty

The First Stage of Cruelty, by William Hogarth, ink, 1751
The First Stage of Cruelty, by William Hogarth, ink, 1751

The First Stage of Cruelty is an ink print by the Romanticist artist William Hogarth. It dates from 1751 and is held in the collection of the Rosenwald Collection.

Artist & collection

Portrait of William Hogarth

Artist

William Hogarth

William Hogarth (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, satirist, cartoonist and writer.

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