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Brooking, Charles, 1723–1759
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Faber, John the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
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The Four Stages of Cruelty
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18th century
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Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07)
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
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Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
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Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Ship on Fire at Night
ca. 1756
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Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
The Third Stage of Cruelty: Cruelty in Perfection - The Murder
1751, printed 1790
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Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Boy Lighting a Candle
1751