Cruelty in Perfection
Maker
(engraver)
1697-1764
(etcher)
1697-1764
(artist)
1697-1764
1697-1764
(etcher)
1697-1764
(artist)
1697-1764
Title
Cruelty in Perfection
Date of Production
1751
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
Height: 38.6 cm
Width: 31.2 cm
Width: 31.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2002
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
William Hogarth - Printmaker, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2001-13/05/2001
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & recto : : CRUELTY IN PERFECTION //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Price 1.s // To lawless Love when once betray'd, // Soon Crime to Crime succeeds ; // At length bdeguil'd to Theft the Maid // By her Beguiler bleeds // Yet learn seducing Man'nor Night. // With all its sable Clud. // Can screen the guilty Deed from Sight. // Foul Murder cries aloud. // The gaping Wounds and bloodstain'd Steel, // Now shock his trembling Soul : // But Oh! what Pangs his Breast must feel. // When Death his Knell shall toll. // Published according to act of Parliament Feb.1.1751. Design'd by W. Hogarth. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Price 1.s // To lawless Love when once betray'd, // Soon Crime to Crime succeeds ; // At length bdeguil'd to Theft the Maid // By her Beguiler bleeds // Yet learn seducing Man'nor Night. // With all its sable Clud. // Can screen the guilty Deed from Sight. // Foul Murder cries aloud. // The gaping Wounds and bloodstain'd Steel, // Now shock his trembling Soul : // But Oh! what Pangs his Breast must feel. // When Death his Knell shall toll. // Published according to act of Parliament Feb.1.1751. Design'd by W. Hogarth. //
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