The Reward of Cruelty

1750

John Bell

Artist, British, active 1750s

William Hogarth

Artist After, English, 1697 - 1764

John Bell, after William Hogarth

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on thick laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz

  • 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.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.2.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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

Wikidata ID

Q76560927


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