A night scene with Tom Nero apprehended in a church-yard before the murdered body of a pregnant maidservant. Engraving by William Hogarth, 1751.
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Date:
- 1 February 1751
- Reference:
- 38381i
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- The four stages of cruelty
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The murdered maidservant was seduced into stealing her mistress's plate . There are gaping wounds across the neck, the wrist and fore finger. The knife as murder weapon is held before Nero
Publication/Creation
[London] : W. Hogarth, 1 February 1751.
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 34.8 x 29.6 cm.
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Cruelty in perfection. design'd 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. 189
British Museum Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1877, vol. 3, no. 3159
Reference
Wellcome Collection 38381i
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