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The Reward of Cruelty by Lessing Julius Rosenwald, William Hogarth — VisualArtsDB

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The Reward of Cruelty

The Reward of Cruelty

The Reward of Cruelty

Lessing Julius Rosenwald William Hogarth

1751

Medium: etching and engraving
Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate): 38.6 × 31.8 cm (15 3/16 × 12 1/2 in.) mount: 62.7 × 45.1 cm (24 11/16 × 17 3/4 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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