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Cruelty in Perfection by Lessing Julius Rosenwald, William Hogarth — VisualArtsDB

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Cruelty in Perfection

Cruelty in Perfection

Cruelty in Perfection

Lessing Julius Rosenwald William Hogarth

1751

Medium: etching and engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 38.5 × 31.7 cm (15 3/16 × 12 1/2 in.) mount: 62.9 × 45.5 cm (24 3/4 × 17 15/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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