Title: The First Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)
Object type: Print
Date: February 1, 1751
Artist:  William Hogarth 
Artist bio: British, London 1697–1764 London
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching and engraving; first state of two
Dimensions: sheet: 14 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (37.5 x 31.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Dogs