- Creator:
- Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
- Title:
- The First Stage of Cruelty: Children Torturing Animals
- Date:
- 1751, printed 1790
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 24 7/8 x 19 1/4 inches (63.2 x 48.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in graphite lower right: "74"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2010.12.7
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- church | parish | bone | dogs (animals) | cruelty | street | lamppost | children | torture | steeple | balloon | genre subject | violence | rooster | cats (domestic cats)
- Associated Places:
- England | London | St Giles | United Kingdom | Europe
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Exhibition History:
- Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:62703