The dissection of the body of Tom Nero. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1751.
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Date:
- 1 February 1751
- Reference:
- 907i
- Part of:
- The four stages of cruelty
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An anatomy theatre similar to the Cutlerian theatre of the Royal College of Physicians in Warwick Lane, London, with skeletons in niches possibly derived from the anatomy theatre of the former (dissolved 1745) Barber-Surgeons' Company in Monkwell Street, London. Tom Nero is disembowelled and his eyes are cut out, watched by an assembly of surgeons and/or physicians wearing mortar boards. His intestines are collected into a bucket, a dog gnaws at his discarded heart
Publication/Creation
[London] : Published according to Act of Parliament [by W. Hogarth?], 1 February 1751.
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 39 x 31.7 cm.
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Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/89/70
Lettering
The reward of cruelty. Designed by W. Hogarth. Behold the villain's dire disgrace ... his monument of shame.
Verses beneath the image. Above two human skeletons in niches are inscribed the names: "James Field" and " Macleane"
Edition
Paulson state 4 of 4.
References note
R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, 3 ed., London 1989, no. 190
William Brockbank and Jessie Dobson, 'Hogarth's anatomical theatre', Journal of the history of medicine. 1959, 14: 351-353
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. 3, London 1877, no. 3166
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Wellcome Collection 907i
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