The reward of cruelty [graphic]

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.
1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.5 x 31.7 cm, on sheet 59 x 46 cm.
Plate 79 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Queen Charlotte, the album bound according to Her Majesty's direction. Purchased by W.S. Lewis at Sotheby's, Miss M.A.E. Crofton sale, lot 341; 15 November 1960.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 38.9 x 31.8 cm, on sheet 61.1 x 47.1 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 H67 764 (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]