The First Stage of Cruelty
Maker
(artist)
1697-1764
(engraver)
1697-1764
1697-1764
(engraver)
1697-1764
Title
The First Stage of Cruelty
Date of Production
1751
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
Height: 38.4 cm
Width: 31.1 cm
Width: 31.1 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2000
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Captured on Paper, Animals in the Prints and Drawings Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2002-11/08/2002
William Hogarth - Printmaker, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2001-13/05/2001
William Hogarth - Printmaker, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2001-13/05/2001
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & recto : FIRST STAGE OF CRUELTY //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : While various Scenes of sportive Woe // The Infant race employ // And tortur'd Victims bleeding shew // The Tyrant in the Boy // Behold ! a Youth of gentler Heart. // To spare the Creature's pain // O take, he cries - take all my Tart. // But Tears and Tart are vain. // Learn from this fair Example - You // Whom savage sports delight. // How Cruelty disgusts the view // While Pity charms the sight. // Design'd by W. Hogarth Published according to Act of Parliament Feb.1.1751. Price 1.s //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : While various Scenes of sportive Woe // The Infant race employ // And tortur'd Victims bleeding shew // The Tyrant in the Boy // Behold ! a Youth of gentler Heart. // To spare the Creature's pain // O take, he cries - take all my Tart. // But Tears and Tart are vain. // Learn from this fair Example - You // Whom savage sports delight. // How Cruelty disgusts the view // While Pity charms the sight. // Design'd by W. Hogarth Published according to Act of Parliament Feb.1.1751. Price 1.s //
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