The reward of cruelty /
Tom Nero's body is laid out on a round table in a dissecting theatre. In niches on either side are two skeletons labeled "Gentn: Harry" and "Macleane" after two recently hanged criminals. Three doctors work on dissecting Tom's body as a dogs feeds on his entrails. The r...
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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: | [Third state]. |
| Series: | Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Four stages of cruelty ;
number 4. |
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| Summary: | Tom Nero's body is laid out on a round table in a dissecting theatre. In niches on either side are two skeletons labeled "Gentn: Harry" and "Macleane" after two recently hanged criminals. Three doctors work on dissecting Tom's body as a dogs feeds on his entrails. The room is filled with doctors reading and discussing, the whole presided over by the chief surgeon in a large chair emblazoned with the arms of the Royal College of Physicians. |
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| Item Description: | Title engraved above image. State, publisher, and series title from Paulson. Final plate in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty. "Price 1s."--Left corner, below design. |
| Physical Description: | 1 print : etching with engraving, on laid paper ; plate mark 389 x 318 mm, on sheet 611 x 471 mm |