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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
The Reward Of Cruelty
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

The Reward Of Cruelty

Artist William Hogarth (British, 1697-1764)
CultureEnglish
Date1751
MediumEngraving
DimensionsOverall: 17 x 17 in. (43.2 x 43.2 cm)
InscribedMarked at the bottom right of the plate: "Designed by W. Hogarth. Published according to Act of Parliament Feb. 1 1751"
Credit LineGift of Marjory Strauss
Object number81.34
Not on view
DescriptionColored engraving of a scene of a man being dissected, while alive, amongst a crowd.

Exhibition HistoryWilloughby-Baylor House
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Hogarth
1736
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Hogarth
1763
35mm slide scanned by Ed Pollard-2011. Photo by Scott Wolf.
Camille Eskell
1984
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jean François de Troy
1743
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2020
Hale Aspacio Woodruff
ca. 1942
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
18th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
William Blake
1826-1827
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jacopo Bassano
17th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Willem van Swanenburgh
ca. 1610