published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Sotheby 72++ Box 315
Collection Title:
Plate 79. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 55. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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., and Lacks stamp '6d' following 'Price 1s."
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Anatomy, Criminals, Dogs, Dissections, Medical education, Rake's progress, Physicians, and Skeletons
