Tom Nero, a hackney coach driver, beats with sadistic cruelty a disabled horse; a herdsman cudgels a sheep and a sleeping drayman runs over a boy with a hoop. Engraving by William Hogarth, 1751.
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Date:
- 1 February 1751
- Reference:
- 38380i
- Part of:
- The four stages of cruelty
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The horse and carriage have collapsed owing to the weight of four barristers who have crowded in to save the coach-fare. In the distance a bull is being baited and a figure has been tossed into the air. A heavily laden mule is prodded with a pitch-fork. Two bill-stickers advertise a boxing match and a cockfight
Publication/Creation
[London] : W. Hogarth, 1 February 1751.
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 34.3 x 29.7 cm.
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Second stage of cruelty. designed by W. Hogarth. published according to act of Parliament Feb. 1. 1751. price 1s.
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Edition
Paulson state I.
References note
R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, 3rd edition, no. 188
British Museum Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1877, vol. 3, no. 3153
Reference
Wellcome Collection 38380i
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