The First Stage of Cruelty
William Hogarth|Dent
ca. 1800
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 1/16 x 2 11/16 in. (7.7 x 6.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.35(162)
Tags
ChickensMenCatsDogs
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Dent · 1697–1764
William Hogarth (1697-1764) was an English painter, printmaker, and pictorial satirist who became the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad. Born into poverty in London, the son of a failed schoolmaster who was imprisoned for debt, Hogarth's early experiences with the harsh realities of 18th-century urban life profoundly shaped his artistic vision. After apprenticing with si...