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: plate: 15 1/4 x 12 11/16 in. (38.8 x 32.3 cm)
sheet: 15 15/16 x 13 3/16 in. (40.5 x 33.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Chickens, term: Men, term: Cats, term: Dogs