published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Sotheby 70++ Box 315
Collection Title:
Plate 77. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 53. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In the street outside the Thavies Inn, Holborn, the coach driver Tom Nero beats the horse that has collapsed under the weight of the overturned coach, having been overloaded with four lawyers who try to scramble out the door. To the right in the foreground, another man beats to death a sheep. Behind him in the mid-distance a sleeping drayman runs over a small boy with his cart loaded with barrels. To the left a driver uses a pitchfork to prod a donkey burdened with two men, a barrel, and a large trunk on its back. In the distance, a crowd of men follow a bull being baited by a dog. On the side of the building on the left, broadsides advertise a cock-fight and a boxing bout between James Field and George Taylor at Broughton's Amphitheatre
Description:
Title engraved above image., State from Paulson., Second plate in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., and "Price 1d"--Below design, lower right edge.
