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Hogarth engraving: a man beats a fallen horse at a hackney coach while a herdsman strikes a sheep in a city street.

Tom Nero, a hackney coach driver, beats with sadistic cruelty a disabled horse; a herdsman cudgels a sheep and a sleeping drayman runs over a boy with a hoop. Engraving by William Hogarth, 1751.

An 1751 engraving titled Second Stage of Cruelty shows a man in a hooded coat striking a fallen horse harnessed to a hackney coach, while a herdsman beats a sheep in the foreground. Behind them, a sleeping drayman's cart wheel passes near a boy with a hoop, and a London street of brick buildings recedes under a cloudy sky.

Artist
William Hogarth
Date
1 February 1751
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3406 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1751.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Segunda etapa de la crueldad, grabado de Hogarth, 1751

Un grabado de 1751 titulado Segunda etapa de la crueldad muestra a un hombre con abrigo con capucha golpeando a un caballo caído enganchado a un coche de alquiler, mientras un pastor golpea a una oveja en primer plano. Detrás, la rueda de un carro de un conductor dormido pasa cerca de un niño con un aro, y una calle de edificios de ladrillo se pierde bajo un cielo nublado.

Português: Segundo estágio da crueldade, gravura de Hogarth, 1751

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