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• Author/Creator:Bell, John, active 1721-1780, printmaker.
  
• Title:[Cruelty in perfection] [graphic] / J. Bell sculp.
  
• Edition:[State 1].
  
• Publication:[London] : Invd. & publish'd by Wm. Hogarth, Jany. 1st. 1750.
  
• Physical Description:1 print : woodcut ; sheet 46.6 x 40 cm
  

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  • Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY (Non-Circulating)
    Request for Use in the Lewis Walpole Library
    
    
  • Call Number: Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
    
  • Status:No information available 
  • Notes:On page 157 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 50.8 x 39.8 cm.
    
  • Provenance:George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
    
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  • Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings (Non-Circ)
    Request for Use in the Lewis Walpole Library
    
    
  • Call Number: Hogarth 750.01.01.01++ Box 305
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Provenance:Print Shop; October 1959; Acquisitions no.: 959-10-1-258.
    
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• Medium:laid paper.
  
• Notes:Title, state, and series title from Paulson.
  Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty.
  
• Summary:Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the others restrain him; they are armed with pitchforks, sticks, and other farm tools. Ann lies on her back on the ground, the bundle of plate that she has stolen from her mistress at Nero's request spilling out at her side. The light from the lantern in the left foreground illuminates the contents of Ann's letter to Tom telling the story of her entanglement and guilt. A box with her initials is open revealing a copy of the Book of Common Prayer and a copy of God's revenge against murder. Also on the ground near the lantern are Tom's pistol and a collection of watches that he has stolen. The clock in the church tower shows 1:00; a bat and owls circle overhead.
  
• Format:Visual Material
• Series:Four stages of cruelty.
  
• References:Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, no. 3160
  Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 189
  
• Subjects:Cemeteries.
  Criminals.
  Churches.
  Homicides.
  Pregnant women.
  Rake's progress.
  
• Subjects (Local Yale):Steevens, George, 1736-1800--Ownership.
  Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958--Ownership.
  
• Genre/Form:Woodcuts--England--London--1750.
  
• Also listed under:Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist, publisher.