The reward of cruelty [graphic].

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Title: The reward of cruelty [graphic].
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [ca. 1900?]
Publication Place: England?
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 "Gentn: Harry" and "Macleane" after two recently hanged criminals. Three doctors work on dissecting Tom's body as a dog 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 from text below image.
Reproduction of an engraving by Hogarth that was published in 1751. Cf. No. 3166 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3. See also: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 190.
Date of publication supplied by cataloger.
Final print in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty.
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Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Anatomical theatre -- Prevention of cruelty to animals -- Company of Surgeons -- Surgeon's Hall -- Freke, John (1688-1756).
Extent: 1 photomechanical print ; sheet 19.9 x 13.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1900
Photomechanical prints England 1900
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dissection
Anatomy
Criminals
Dogs
Dissections
Medical education
Physicians
Skeletons
Subjects: Dissection
Anatomy
Criminals
Dogs
Dissections
Medical education
Physicians
Skeletons
England > 1900

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