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Exhibition History"Outrage and Sympathy: Artists on Injustice," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
DimensionsSheet: 22 9/16 × 17 5/16 in. (57.3 × 44 cm)
Plate: 15 1/8 × 12 5/8 in. (38.4 × 32.1 cm)
Image: 13 7/8 × 11 5/8 in. (35.2 × 29.5 cm)
Accession Number 1977.4
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscriptionsFirst Stage of Cruelty (u,c plate); Designed by W. Hogarth (l,l plate); Published according to Act of Parliament Feb 1, 1751 (l,l plate); Three 4-line verses relating to the image (l,c plate)
Catalogue raisonnéPaulson No. 187
Editionstate 1 of 2
Portfolio/Seriesseries, "the Four Stages of Cruelty"
First Stage of Cruelty, from "The Four Stages of Cruelty"
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines