An illustrated handbill describing the execution of Joseph Wall, former Governor of Goree, for unlawful execution in 1782 of Serjeant B. Armstrong. The large woodcut illustration depicts the punishment devised by Wall and shows the victim being whipped by presumably enslaved "black men" described in detail in the verses below
Description:
Caption title., Printed in two columns., Partially in verse; the short description of Wall's execution is followed by a six stanza poem, with the heading "A copy of verses on the melancholy occasion.", Publisher's advertisement following imprint: - Where may be had, price 6d. the Trial of Governor Wall, including a biographical account of his life, and the whole particulars of his execution., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Davenport, 6, George's Court, St. John's Gate, London
Subject (Name):
Wall, Joseph, 1737-1802,
Subject (Topic):
Punishment & torture, Whipping, and Enslaved people
Four French soldiers with hot pincers torturing "Madame Toussaint" by burning her flesh and pulling out her fingernails; Napoleon gloats on a throne to the right
Description:
Title etched below image. and Attribution from George, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 25th 1804 by by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. and Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803
Neagle, John B., approximately 1796-1866, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1830]
Call Number:
830.00.00.161
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man, wearing only a loincloth, is shown being stretched on a rack. Two men, on the right and left edges of the image, work the mechanism of the torture device. Three men observe from the far side of the rack, the central figure wearing aristocratic clothes and a ruff
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Foxe, J. Fox's Book of martyrs, or, The acts and monuments of the Christian Church. Philadelphia : J.J. Woodward, 1830., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides.
Publisher:
J.J. Woodward
Subject (Name):
Tower of London (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Martyrs, Punishment & torture, and Punishment devices
Romney, R., active approximately 1795-, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1795]
Call Number:
646 802 M243 v.4 pt.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a square, horses in the foreground pulling the conspirators to a raised platform in the left middle ground for the execution, a number of spectators watching the event."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 20.4 x 27.2 cm., and Mounted before page 175 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751 [that is, between 1790 and 1835]
Call Number:
Print20072
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a London street, young boys inflict various forms of cruelty upon animals. In the centre, a boy (Tom Nero), identifiable by the badge on his shoulder as a pupil of St. Giles's Parish School, thrusts an arrow into a dog's anus; he ignores the offer of a large tart from a sympathetic young gentleman (said by Paulson to be a compliment to the young George III). To his left on the front of the balustrade, a boy draws a prophetic picture of Tom hanging from the gallows. Below Tom, another boy ties a bone to a dog's tail. In the lower left, a dog disembowels a cat. In the center foreground another boy kneels on the cobblestones, about to release a cock, as another boy prepares to a stick at it; the boy behind him holds a second cock. On the balustrade one boy holds a torch while his companion blinds a bird with a wire. Further to the left on the balustrade a group of boys laugh at the sight of two cats fight as they are hung by their tails from a gibbet-shaped lamp post. Above them a cat with a pair of wings tied to its back has been tossed out the attic window to see if it could fly
Description:
Title engraved above image., State from Paulson., Second state, with price mostly burnished from plate. This state of the plate was first issued in The original works of William Hogarth (London : Sold by John and Josiah Boydell, 1790). It was reissued, with some lines strengthened by the engraver James Heath, in The works of William Hogarth (London : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ..., 1822); another edition was published by Baldwin & Cradock in 1835. See Paulson., First in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Quotation engraved below image: "While various scenes of sportive woe, the infant race employ, and tortur'd victims bleeding shew, the tyrant in the boy. Behold! A youth of gentler heart, to spare the creature's pain. O take, he cries - take all my tart, but tears and tart are vain. Learn from this fair example - you whom savage sports delight, how cruelty disgusts the view while pity charms the sight.", and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Prevention of cruelty to animals.
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 76. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 52. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a London street, young boys inflict various forms of cruelty upon animals. In the centre, a boy (Tom Nero), identifiable by the badge on his shoulder as a pupil of St. Giles's Parish School, thrusts an arrow into a dog's anus; he ignores the offer of a large tart from a sympathetic young gentleman (said by Paulson to be a compliment to the young George III). To his left on the front of the balustrade, a boy draws a prophetic picture of Tom hanging from the gallows. Below Tom, another boy ties a bone to a dog's tail. In the lower left, a dog disembowels a cat. In the center foreground another boy kneels on the cobblestones, about to release a cock, as another boy prepares to a stick at it; the boy behind him holds a second cock. On the balustrade one boy holds a torch while his companion blinds a bird with a wire. Further to the left on the balustrade a group of boys laugh at the sight of two cats fight as they are hung by their tails from a gibbet-shaped lamp post. Above them a cat with a pair of wings tied to its back has been tossed out the attic window to see if it could fly
Description:
Title engraved above image., State, publisher, and series title from Paulson., First in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Quotation engraved below image: "While various scenes of sportive woe, the infant race employ, and tortur'd victims bleeding shew, the tyrant in the boy. Behold! A youth of gentler heart, to spare the creature's pain. O take, he cries - take all my tart, but tears and tart are vain. Learn from this fair example - you whom savage sports delight, how cruelty disgusts the view while pity charms the sight.", 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.5 x 32.1 cm, on sheet 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 76 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Plate 76. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 52. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a London street, young boys inflict various forms of cruelty upon animals. In the centre, a boy (Tom Nero), identifiable by the badge on his shoulder as a pupil of St. Giles's Parish School, thrusts an arrow into a dog's anus; he ignores the offer of a large tart from a sympathetic young gentleman (said by Paulson to be a compliment to the young George III). To his left on the front of the balustrade, a boy draws a prophetic picture of Tom hanging from the gallows. Below Tom, another boy ties a bone to a dog's tail. In the lower left, a dog disembowels a cat. In the center foreground another boy kneels on the cobblestones, about to release a cock, as another boy prepares to a stick at it; the boy behind him holds a second cock. On the balustrade one boy holds a torch while his companion blinds a bird with a wire. Further to the left on the balustrade a group of boys laugh at the sight of two cats fight as they are hung by their tails from a gibbet-shaped lamp post. Above them a cat with a pair of wings tied to its back has been tossed out the attic window to see if it could fly
Description:
Title engraved above image., State, publisher, and series title from Paulson., First in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Quotation engraved below image: "While various scenes of sportive woe, the infant race employ, and tortur'd victims bleeding shew, the tyrant in the boy. Behold! A youth of gentler heart, to spare the creature's pain. O take, he cries - take all my tart, but tears and tart are vain. Learn from this fair example - you whom savage sports delight, how cruelty disgusts the view while pity charms the sight.", 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.6 x 32.1 cm, on sheet 56 x 45 cm., and Leaf 52 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 53K(a) Box 215
Collection Title:
Plate 76. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 52. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a London street, young boys inflict various forms of cruelty upon animals. In the centre, a boy (Tom Nero), identifiable by the badge on his shoulder as a pupil of St. Giles's Parish School, thrusts an arrow into a dog's anus; he ignores the offer of a large tart from a sympathetic young gentleman (said by Paulson to be a compliment to the young George III). To his left on the front of the balustrade, a boy draws a prophetic picture of Tom hanging from the gallows. Below Tom, another boy ties a bone to a dog's tail. In the lower left, a dog disembowels a cat. In the center foreground another boy kneels on the cobblestones, about to release a cock, as another boy prepares to a stick at it; the boy behind him holds a second cock. On the balustrade one boy holds a torch while his companion blinds a bird with a wire. Further to the left on the balustrade a group of boys laugh at the sight of two cats fight as they are hung by their tails from a gibbet-shaped lamp post. Above them a cat with a pair of wings tied to its back has been tossed out the attic window to see if it could fly
Description:
Title engraved above image., State, publisher, and series title from Paulson., First in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Quotation engraved below image: "While various scenes of sportive woe, the infant race employ, and tortur'd victims bleeding shew, the tyrant in the boy. Behold! A youth of gentler heart, to spare the creature's pain. O take, he cries - take all my tart, but tears and tart are vain. Learn from this fair example - you whom savage sports delight, how cruelty disgusts the view while pity charms the sight.", and Sheet trimmed to 382 x 313 mm.
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Hogarth 751.02.01.03.1+ Box 200
Collection Title:
Plate 76. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 52. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a London street, young boys inflict various forms of cruelty upon animals. In the centre, a boy (Tom Nero), identifiable by the badge on his shoulder as a pupil of St. Giles's Parish School, thrusts an arrow into a dog's anus; he ignores the offer of a large tart from a sympathetic young gentleman (said by Paulson to be a compliment to the young George III). To his left on the front of the balustrade, a boy draws a prophetic picture of Tom hanging from the gallows. Below Tom, another boy ties a bone to a dog's tail. In the lower left, a dog disembowels a cat. In the center foreground another boy kneels on the cobblestones, about to release a cock, as another boy prepares to a stick at it; the boy behind him holds a second cock. On the balustrade one boy holds a torch while his companion blinds a bird with a wire. Further to the left on the balustrade a group of boys laugh at the sight of two cats fight as they are hung by their tails from a gibbet-shaped lamp post. Above them a cat with a pair of wings tied to its back has been tossed out the attic window to see if it could fly
Description:
Title engraved above image., State, publisher, and series title from Paulson., First in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Quotation engraved below image: "While various scenes of sportive woe, the infant race employ, and tortur'd victims bleeding shew, the tyrant in the boy. Behold! A youth of gentler heart, to spare the creature's pain. O take, he cries - take all my tart, but tears and tart are vain. Learn from this fair example - you whom savage sports delight, how cruelty disgusts the view while pity charms the sight.", This impression stamped '6d' following price '1s'., and 1 print : etching & engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 380 x 320 mm, on sheet 470 x 384 mm.
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Sotheby 69++ Box 315
Collection Title:
Plate 76. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 52. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a London street, young boys inflict various forms of cruelty upon animals. In the centre, a boy (Tom Nero), identifiable by the badge on his shoulder as a pupil of St. Giles's Parish School, thrusts an arrow into a dog's anus; he ignores the offer of a large tart from a sympathetic young gentleman (said by Paulson to be a compliment to the young George III). To his left on the front of the balustrade, a boy draws a prophetic picture of Tom hanging from the gallows. Below Tom, another boy ties a bone to a dog's tail. In the lower left, a dog disembowels a cat. In the center foreground another boy kneels on the cobblestones, about to release a cock, as another boy prepares to a stick at it; the boy behind him holds a second cock. On the balustrade one boy holds a torch while his companion blinds a bird with a wire. Further to the left on the balustrade a group of boys laugh at the sight of two cats fight as they are hung by their tails from a gibbet-shaped lamp post. Above them a cat with a pair of wings tied to its back has been tossed out the attic window to see if it could fly
Description:
Title engraved above image., State, publisher, and series title from Paulson., First in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., and Quotation engraved below image: "While various scenes of sportive woe, the infant race employ, and tortur'd victims bleeding shew, the tyrant in the boy. Behold! A youth of gentler heart, to spare the creature's pain. O take, he cries - take all my tart, but tears and tart are vain. Learn from this fair example - you whom savage sports delight, how cruelty disgusts the view while pity charms the sight."
