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The reward of cruelty
Title
The reward of cruelty [graphic] / design'd by W. Hogarth.
Edition
[State 3].
Publication
[London] : [Wm. Hogarth], published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 38.9 x 31.8 cm, on sheet 61.1 x 47.1 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
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.
Provenance
George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
Formerly owned by Queen Charlotte, the album bound according to Her Majesty's direction.
Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Summary
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.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 04, 2011
Series
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, no. 3166
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 190
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1751.
Engravings - England - London - 1751.
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