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Anatomy Class Dissection, 18th Century

Lithograph entitled: "The Reward Of Cruelty Design'd by Hogarth." A cadaver is being dissected in an anatomical theater. The Four Stages of Cruelty is a series of four printed engravings published by English artist William Hogarth in 1751. Each print depicts a different stage in the life of the fictional Tom Nero. Beginning with the torture of a dog as a child in the First stage of cruelty, Nero progresses to beating his horse as a man in the Second stage of cruelty, and then to robbery, seduction, and murder in Cruelty in perfection. Finally, in The reward of cruelty, he receives what Hogarth warns is the inevitable fate of those who start down the path Nero has followed: his body is taken from the gallows after his execution as a murderer and is mutilated by surgeons in the anatomical theater.

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Anatomy Class Dissection, 18th Century

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Lithograph entitled: "The Reward Of Cruelty Design'd by Hogarth." A cadaver is being dissected in an anatomical theater. The Four Stages of Cruelty is a series of four printed engravings published by English artist William Hogarth in 1751. Each print depicts a different stage in the life of the fictional Tom Nero. Beginning with the torture of a dog as a child in the First stage of cruelty, Nero progresses to beating his horse as a man in the Second stage of cruelty, and then to robbery, seduction, and murder in Cruelty in perfection. Finally, in The reward of cruelty, he receives what Hogarth warns is the inevitable fate of those who start down the path Nero has followed: his body is taken from the gallows after his execution as a murderer and is mutilated by surgeons in the anatomical theater.

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Album / NLM/Science Source

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3450 x 4050 px | 40.0 MB

Print size:

29.2 x 34.3 cm | 11.5 x 13.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1751 • 18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • ANATOMICAL • ANATOMY CLASS • ANATOMY LESSON • ANATOMY • ART • ARTWORK • AUTOPSY • BODY • CADAVER • CORPS • CORPSE • DEAD BODY • DEMO • DEMONSTRATION • DISSECTING ROOM • DISSECTING • DISSECTION ROOM • DISSECTION • DISSECTION, MEDICAL • DRAWING • GROSS ANATOMY • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HOGARTH • HUMAN BODY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • LITHOGRAPH • MALE • MAN • MEDICAL SCHOOL • MEDICAL STUDENT • MEDICAL • MEDICINAL • MEDICINE • MEN • OBSERVATION • PHYSIOLOGIE • PHYSIOLOGY • PROFESSOR • PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION • PUBLIC DISSECTION • REWARD OF CRUELTY • SCIENCE • SKELETON • STUDENTS • TEACHER • THEATER • THEATRE • WILLIAM HOGARTH