The Reward of Cruelty
1751
William Hogarth
Artist, English, 1697 - 1764
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate): 38.6 × 31.8 cm (15 3/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
mount: 62.7 × 45.1 cm (24 11/16 × 17 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1944.5.39
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Catalogue Raisonné
Paulson 1965, no. 190
Associated Artworks
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Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1967
William Hogarth, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1967.
Bibliography
1965
Paulson, Ronald. Hogarth's Graphic Works. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965. Rev. ed., 1970.
Wikidata ID
Q65026807