A print depicting a busy city street filled with people and animals. In the foreground, one man beats a horse while another beats a lamb.
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A print depicts a busy city street filled with many scenes of animal cruelty. In the foreground, a man beats his horse that is attached to a fallen carriage carrying barristers. To the right, a man beats a lamb, and behind him a drunken man driving a cart tramples a young boy. Further in the background, a man prods an overloaded donkey, and two men are mauled by a bull as a crowd chase after it. Text above the image reads "Second Stage of Cruelty."

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G9033
People
William Hogarth, British (London 1697 - 1764 London)
Title
The Second Stage of Cruelty
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Four Stages of Cruelty, Plate 2.
Series/Book Title: The Four Stages of Cruelty
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1751
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/238112

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and engraving
Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 38.6 x 32 cm (15 3/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, lower margin of text between the first and second columns of verse, graphite: r. 105
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Set of 4 B

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
P. 188, BM Sat. 3153

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G9033
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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