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Cruelty in Perfection

1751
18th century
448 x 377 mm (17.6 x 14.8 in.)

John Bell, British (English)
After William Hogarth, British (English), (1697–1764)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Woodcut on laid paper

State: First of two states

Print impression quality: Very good

Series: Number 3 from set of woodcuts The Four Stages of Cruelty

Edition: From a set of two woodcuts after plates 3 and 4 of Hogarth’s Four Stages of Cruelty

Marks: Signed in plate, lower left: “J. Bell Sculp”; dated January 1751

Bibliography: Paulson 189 copy i/ii (listed as ii/ii in Paulson); see R. Vogler, Reading Hogarth (Los Angeles, 1988), nos. 59 and 60, p. 14.

Credit Line: Purchase funds, 1962

Accession Number: 1962.41.11

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allegory, death, series (groups)*, vices*

allegory
death
series (groups) - Use for related publications issued successively, especially those bearing a collective as well as an individual title; and, in the visual arts, for groups of works by a single artist having a specific and purposeful relation among the works. [March 1993 descriptor changed, was 'series'; alternate term added; descriptor moved. January 1991 scope note added.]
vices - LC sh 85143163

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image Dimensions: 448 x 377 mm (17.6 x 14.8 in.)

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John Bell, British (English) William Hogarth, British (English), (1697–1764) . Cruelty in Perfection, 1751. From The Four Stages of Cruelty. Woodcut on laid paper. First of two states. image : 448 x 377 mm (17.6 x 14.8 in.). DAC accession number 1962.41.11. Purchase funds, 1962. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: T. Rodriguez) .

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Bell after Hogarth - The Four Stages of Cruelty

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