Cruelty in Perfection
Artist:
William Hogarth
(English, 1697 - 1764)
Date: Feb. 1, 1751
Medium: engraving
Dimensions:
Image: 13 7/8 × 11 5/8 in. (35.2 × 29.5 cm)
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 1972.24.5C
DescriptionThird in the series The Four Stages of Cruelty; a young woman, quite pregnant, lies murdered in a church yard; the murderer is Thos. Nero, who has been apprehended; a letter explains the situation: the girl was robbing her mistress for Nero; a verse beneath
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