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.
1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.5 x 31.7 cm, on sheet 56 x 45 cm.
Leaf 55 in: Album of William Hogarth prints. - Provenance
- Gift of Richard Greenberg; May 2015.
- 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
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
- 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
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9884905
- Object ID (OID)
- 33228440