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., State, publisher, and series title from Paulson., Final plate in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dissection -- Anatomical Theatres -- Prevention of Cruelty to Animals -- Company of Surgeons -- Surgeon's Hall -- Freke, John (1688-1756).
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Anatomy, Criminals, Dogs, Dissections, Medical education, Rake's progress, Physicians, and Skeletons
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., State, publisher, and series title from Paulson., Final plate in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dissection -- Anatomical Theatres -- Prevention of Cruelty to Animals -- Company of Surgeons -- Surgeon's Hall -- Freke, John (1688-1756)., and On page 158 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 51.6 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Anatomy, Criminals, Dogs, Dissections, Medical education, Rake's progress, Physicians, and Skeletons
Title supplied by curator., Date and place of publication from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Depicts the Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 37., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Anatomy in Art.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Ezekiel (Biblical prophet).
Subject (Topic):
Visions in the Bible, Human anatomy, Skeletons, Dead persons, Angels, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Cemeteries
Title supplied by curator., 20th century restrike, original block on 16th century paper., Attributed to Calcar., Title page from: Andreas Vesalius, De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Basel: Oporinus, 1543., From the Workshop of Titian., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and See: Cushing, Harvey. A Bio-Bibliography of Andreas Vesalius, New York: Schuman's, 1943. VI-A-1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564,
Subject (Topic):
Human anatomy, Human dissection, Medical education, Physicians, Dead persons, Audiences, Skeletons, Monkeys, and Dogs
