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 [that is, between 1790 and 1835]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- 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 from Paulson.
Fourth state, with price mostly burnished from plate. This state of the plate was first issued in The original works of William Hogarth (London : Sold by John and Josiah Boydell, 1790). It was reissued, with some lines strengthened by the engraver James Heath, in The works of William Hogarth (London : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ..., 1822); another edition was published by Baldwin & Cradock in 1835. See Paulson.
Final plate in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Prevention of cruelty to animals -- Anatomical theatres -- Company of Surgeons -- Surgeon's Hall -- Freke, John (1688-1756). - Provenance
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Wynant Dean; 1985.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 38.6 x 32.0 cm
- Edition
- [State 4].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
- Call Number
- Print20075
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1751
Etchings England London 1790
Engravings England London 1790 - Material
- etching and engraving ;
- 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 > 1790
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
- 16211152
- Object ID (OID)
- 17339311
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