[The reward of cruelty] [graphic].

Description

Title: [The reward of cruelty] [graphic].
Creator: Bell, John, active 1721-1780, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
John and Josiah Boydell (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created: [1 February 1751] and [1795]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth and John and Josiah Boydell
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 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 and printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher and series title from Paulson.
Restrike; probaby a plate issued in: The original works of William Hogarth. [London] : Sold by John and Josiah Boydell ..., 1790 [that is 1795].
Final plate in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty.
Provenance: Ronald Paulson; October 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 50.5 x 44.1 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English