[Pope's Rape of the lock] [graphic]

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Title: [Pope's Rape of the lock] [graphic]
Alternative Title: Cruelty in perfection
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Published / Created: [1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Abstract: Two images. On the top is an illustration from Pope's Rape of the lock, canto IV, II, 121 ff.: Sir Plume dispatched by Belinda demands her stolen lock of hair from the Baron. Below, a second image is a reversed copy after Hogarth's Cruelty in perfection: the night watchmen arrest Tom Nero, a highwayman, for the murder of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, who lies dying in the arms of one of the watch. To the right, is a pillory
Description: Titles devised by cataloger.
Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 8*.
Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 244.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 74 x 95 mm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Etchings England London 1794
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Subjects: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 > Illustrations
England > London > 1794

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