The reward of cruelty [graphic]
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Description
- 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.
Ms. note
On page 156 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to plate mark: 37.7 x 30.6 cm. - Provenance
- George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 38.9 x 31.8 cm, on sheet 61.1 x 47.1 cm
- Edition
- [State 3].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- 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]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1751
Engravings England London 1751 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Anatomy
Criminals
Dogs
Dissections
Medical education
Rake's progress
Physicians
Skeletons - Subjects
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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
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9884905
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194109
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