"First stage of cruelty"
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Title
"First stage of cruelty"
"First stage of cruelty"
Reference
p5448840 (Collage 25115)
Date
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London Metropolitan Archives: Hogarth Collection
Description
"First stage of cruelty"; showsTom Nero torturing a dog with an arrow, whilst another young man attempts to prevent the torment, in vain, by offering Tom his tart. Behind, a man draws a figure hanging from a gibbet with the youth's name below, predicting his fortune.
"First stage of cruelty"; showsTom Nero torturing a dog with an arrow, whilst another young man attempts to prevent the torment, in vain, by offering Tom his tart. Behind, a man draws a figure hanging from a gibbet with the youth's name below, predicting his fortune.
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