Cruelty in Perfection

1750

John Bell

Artist, British, active 1750s

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on thick laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz

  • Dimensions

    block: 44.6 × 37 cm (17 9/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 52.1 × 70.8 cm (20 1/2 × 27 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.2.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Paulson 1989, no. 189/1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Andrew Edmunds, London); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • Hogarth: Cruelty and Humor, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019.

Bibliography

1989

  • Paulson, Ronald. Hogarth's Graphic Works. Third edition. London, 1989: no. 189/1

Inscriptions

in image, in letter: Dear Tommy / Do not fail to / meet me in the Church yard as / you... / ... Ann Gill; lower left in image: J. Bell sculp. inv. & Publish'd / by Wm Hogarth / Jany. 1st 1750 / Comn Prayer God's / Revenge / Against / Murderers

Wikidata ID

Q76560925

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