'Second Stage of Cruelty', plate II from The Four Stages of Cruelty, 1751. Artist: Anon

'Second Stage of Cruelty', plate II from The Four Stages of Cruelty, 1751. Artist: Anon

1-237-224 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

'Second Stage of Cruelty', plate II from The Four Stages of Cruelty, 1751. Tom Nero, as a coachman, is beating his disabled horse savagely, behind is an overturned carriage crammed full of barristers from Thieves' Inn. To the right a drover clubs a sheep to death, whilst behind him a sleepy drayman has just run over a boy with his cart.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Anon, attributed to: :
After
  1. William Hogarth: British; English: Artist, painter, engraver

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Satire

Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Occupations

Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel

Science & Nature Animal Life

Artistic Representations Satires

Society & Culture Death & Burial


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3801x4592
File Size : 51,136kb


Aliases

  1. 25116
  1. 0220000135
  1. 1-237-224
  1. 1237224
  1. 135
  1. 25116
  1. A3

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