Two images. On the top is an illustration from Pope's Rape of the lock, canto IV, II, 121 ff.: Sir Plume dispatched by Belinda demands her stolen lock of hair from the Baron. Below, a second image is a reversed copy after Hogarth's Cruelty in perfection: the night watchmen arrest Tom Nero, a highwayman, for the murder of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, who lies dying in the arms of one of the watch. To the right, is a pillory
Alternative Title:
Cruelty in perfection
Description:
Titles devised by cataloger., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 8*., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 244., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed to second image only.
Two images. On the top is an illustration from Pope's Rape of the lock, canto IV, II, 121 ff.: Sir Plume dispatched by Belinda demands her stolen lock of hair from the Baron. Below, a second image is a reversed copy after Hogarth's Cruelty in perfection: the night watchmen arrest Tom Nero, a highwayman, for the murder of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, who lies dying in the arms of one of the watch. To the right, is a pillory
Alternative Title:
Cruelty in perfection
Description:
Titles devised by cataloger., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 8*., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 244.
