Second stage of cruelty /
In the street outside the Thavies Inn, Holborn, the coach driver Tom Nero beats the horse that has collapsed under the weight of the overturned coach, having been overloaded with four lawyers who try to scramble out the door. To the right in the foreground, another man beats a sheep to death. Behind...
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[London] :
[Wm. Hogarth],
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
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| Edition: | [State second]. |
| Series: | Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Four stages of cruelty ;
number 2. |
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| Summary: | In the street outside the Thavies Inn, Holborn, the coach driver Tom Nero beats the horse that has collapsed under the weight of the overturned coach, having been overloaded with four lawyers who try to scramble out the door. To the right in the foreground, another man beats a sheep to death. Behind him in the mid-distance a sleeping drayman runs over a small boy with his cart loaded with barrels. To the left a driver uses a pitchfork to prod a donkey burdened with two men, a barrel, and a large trunk on its back. In the distance, a crowd of men follow a bull being baited by a dog. On the side of the building on the left, broadsides advertise a cock-fight and a boxing bout between James Field and George Taylor at Broughton's Amphitheatre. |
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| Item Description: | Title engraved above image. State, publisher, and series title from Paulson. Second in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty. Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Graphic. |
| Physical Description: | 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 38.3 x 32 cm |