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- Title:
- The Second Stage of Cruelty: Coachman Beating a Fallen Horse
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- Date:
- 1751
- Materials & Techniques:
- Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/2 × 12 3/4 inches (39.4 × 32.4 cm), Image: 13 7/8 × 11 3/4 inches (35.2 × 29.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered above image, upper center: "SECOND STAGE OF CRUELTY."; inside image, center left: "THAVIES | INN | Coffee house"; center left: "AT | Broughtons | Amphitheater | Iames Field | and | Geo: Taylor"; center left: "Cockfighting"; center left: "No. 24 | T. Nero"; center: "GR | No: 24"; below image, lower right: "Price 1 s."; lower center: "The generous Steed in hoary Age | Subdu'd by Labour lies; | And mourns a cruel Master's rage, | While Nature Strength denies. | The tender Lamb o'er drove and faint, | Amidst expiring Throws; | Bleats forth it's innocent complaint | And dies beneath the Blows. | Inhuman Wretch! say whence proceeds | This coward Cruelty? | What Int'rest springs from barb'rous deeds? | What Joy from Misery?"; lower left: "Designed by W. Hogarth."; lower center: "Published according to Act of Parliament Feb. 1. 1751."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1441
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42046
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Alice Insley, William Hogarth : visions in print, Tate Publishing, London, 2021, pp. 15, 61, 78, NJ18 .H67 I57 2021 (YCBA) [YCBA]
John Mullan, His Picture was His Stage, TLS, the Times Literary Supplement, Issue no. 5425, March 23, 2007, pp. 18-19, Film S748 (SML) Also Available Online in TLS Archive [ORBIS]