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21.
Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the o...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

22.
Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751. and [between 1790 and 1835]
Call Number:
Print20074
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the o...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth and publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

23.
The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliamt., Sep. 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Sotheby 52 Box 100
Collection Title:
Plate 52. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him t...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]

24.
The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliamt., Sep. 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 52. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him t...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]

25.
The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliamt., Sep. 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 52. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him t...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]

26.
Burking poor old Mrs. Constitution aged 141 [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1829]
Call Number:
829.03.00.09+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Wellington and Peel, portrayed as the notorious murderers Burke and Hare, pin down an old woman (Mrs. Docherty of the trial) who struggles as they suffocate her. A Jesuit priest enters the room on the right holding a crucifix
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1829, by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Burke, William, 1792-1829., Hare, William, 1792?-1870?, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Great Britain, Homicides, and Clergy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Burking poor old Mrs. Constitution aged 141 [graphic]

27.
The collector of the poll-tax murder'd by Wat Tyler [graphic]

Creator:
Hall, John, 1739-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
Septr. 1798.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [56] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's History of England; Tyler in his smithy, holding a hammer in his right hand and raising his arm to strike the tax collector standing at left, who reaches greedily towards him, another collector behind him ca...
Alternative Title:
Collector of the poll tax murdered by Wat Tyler
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Tyler, Wat, -1381,
Subject (Topic):
Homicides, Poll taxes, Hammers, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The collector of the poll-tax murder'd by Wat Tyler [graphic]

28.
[Mathilda, scene showing stabbing] [art original].

Creator:
Greatheed, Bertie, 1781-1804, artist
Published / Created:
[1796]
Call Number:
49 3729
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The scene in the church after Manfred has stabbed his daughter Mathilda. She lies on a cot as Theodore holds her head in his hands; a monk with a crucifix in his hand also attends her. Behind the monk, Manfred with arms crossed against his chest look...
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Homicides, Monks, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Mathilda, scene showing stabbing] [art original].

29.
Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate V

Creator:
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 August 1800]
Call Number:
Hogarth 800.08.01.08++ Box 310
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 1, 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Biblical events, Brothels, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, Rake's progress, and Spouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate V

30.
[Medea killing her children] [graphic].

Creator:
Boyvin, René, approximately 1525-approximately 1598, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1563]
Call Number:
Print01435
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title, creator, date, and place of creation supplied by curator.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character). and Jason (Mythological character).
Subject (Topic):
Retribution, Infanticide, Postpartum depression, Mothers, Children, Homicides, Snakes, Putti, and Warriors
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Medea killing her children] [graphic].

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