The Reward of Cruelty
Artist
William Hogarth
English, 1697 - 1764
DateFeb. 1, 1751
Mediumengraving
DimensionsImage: 13 7/8 × 11 5/8 in. (35.2 × 29.5 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1972.24.5D
DescriptionFourth in the series The Four Stages of Cruelty; this scene shows the body of Thomas Nero, the villain of the first three prints in the series, being dissected for a demonstration of anatomy; the skeletons of two other criminals hang in niches on the walls; a verse beneath: behold the villain's dire disgrace!/Not death itself can end, He finds no peaceful Burial-Place;/His breathless Corpse, no friend...On View
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Paul Aschenbach
