Sujet

'The Reward of Cruelty', plate IV from The Four Stages of Cruelty, 1833. Artist: John Romney

Légende

'The Reward of Cruelty', plate IV from The Four Stages of Cruelty, 1833; showing Tom Nero, having been hanged for murder and undergoing dissection theatre. The dissecting theatre contains details resembling the Cutlerian theatre of the Royal College of Physicians and that of the Barber Surgeons' Hall.Third and final state of plate. One of a set of four plates from The Four Stages of Cruelty.

Date

1833

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A92_299

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (3,3Mo) / 31,6cm x 39,7cm / 3728 x 4687 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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