
The First Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)
William Hogarth (d. 1764)
February 1, 1751 · Etching and engraving; first state of two
Cleared · Public Domain
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The First Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)
William Hogarth (d. 1764)
February 1, 1751 · Etching and engraving; first state of two
Cleared · Public Domain
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The First Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)
William Hogarth (d. 1764)
February 1, 1751 · Etching and engraving; first state of two
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Second Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)
William Hogarth (d. 1764)
February 1, 1751 · Etching and engraving; first state of two
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Second Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)
William Hogarth (d. 1764)
February 1, 1751 · Etching and engraving; first state of two
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (d. 1778)
ca. 1749–50 · Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing; first state of four (Robison)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Private School
Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)
May 10, 1802 · Hand-colored etching
Cleared · Public Domain
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The First Stage of Cruelty
Dent (d. 1800)
ca. 1800 · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Songs of Experience: A Poison Tree
William Blake (d. 1827)
[1794] printed ca. 1825 · Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
Cleared · Public Domain
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Songs of Experience: London
William Blake (d. 1827)
[1794] printed ca. 1825 · Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
Cleared · Public Domain
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Songs of Experience: The Angel
William Blake (d. 1827)
[1794] printed ca. 1825 · Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
Cleared · Public Domain
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Songs of Experience: The Little Vagabond
William Blake (d. 1827)
[1794] printed ca. 1825 · Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
Cleared · Public Domain
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Execution of the Conspirators
Alexander Gardner (d. 1882)
July 7, 1865 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Cleared · Public Domain
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