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

    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: 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. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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