The reward of cruelty [graphic]

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Title: The reward of cruelty [graphic]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: Tom Nero's body is laid out on a round table in a dissecting theatre. In niches on either side are two skeletons labeled "James Field" 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
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. 6d"--Left corner, below design.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark to 385 x 315 mm; price erased from this impression.
Provenance: Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 38.9 x 31.8 cm, on sheet 61.1 x 47.1 cm
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Kinnaird 54K(a) Box 215
Collection Title: Plate 79. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 55. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Collection / Other Creator: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1732-1764] [England], [not after 1753]

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1751
Engravings England London 1751
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Anatomy
Criminals
Dogs
Dissections
Medical education
Rake's progress
Physicians
Skeletons
Subjects: Anatomy
Criminals
Dogs
Dissections
Medical education
Rake's progress
Physicians
Skeletons
England > 1751
England > London > 1751
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Ownership
Greenberg, Richard > Ownership

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