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John Bell, after William Hogarth

The Reward of Cruelty, 1750

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series Title

The Four Stages of Cruelty

Medium

woodcut on thick laid paper

Dimensions

block: 45.2 x 37.6 cm (17 13/16 x 14 13/16 in.)

sheet: 52.7 x 40.9 cm (20 3/4 x 16 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz

Catalogue Raisonné

Paulson 1989, no. 190/1, "copy"

Accession Number

2012.2.2

Artists / Makers

John Bell (artist) British, active 1750s

William Hogarth (artist after) English, 1697 - 1764

Image Use

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Provenance

(Andrew Edmunds, London); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Edmunds, Andrew

Exhibition History

2019: Hogarth: Cruelty and Humor, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019.

Bibliography

1989: Paulson, Ronald. Hogarth's Graphic Works. Third edition. London, 1989: no. 190/1

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