Cutting of the Nose, from a series of illustrations for the book Roman Military Punishments by John Beaver

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

William Hogarth (etchers)
,
John Beaver (author)

Date

1725

Period

18th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
This print is one of a series of prints in a special edition that contains a total of ten of the fourteen etchings Hogarth made to illustrate John Beaver's book Roman Military Punishments. This special edition also includes two etchings that were intended for a never-published study of Beaver's Modern Military Punishments. The content and form of Hogarth's prints are…
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This print is one of a series of prints in a special edition that contains a total of ten of the fourteen etchings Hogarth made to illustrate John Beaver's book Roman Military Punishments. This special edition also includes two etchings that were intended for a never-published study of Beaver's Modern Military Punishments. The content and form of Hogarth's prints are inspired by Jacques Callot's series Les misères de la guerre.
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More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) William Hogarth VIAF RKD Wikidata, John Beaver
Type etching
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 43 x 81 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 1958-V-8-2
Description
Subject figures (representations)
Tags torture Iconclass, executioner, hangman Iconclass, parts of the face: nose Iconclass, fortress Iconclass, boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass, banner, standard (as symbol of the state, etc.) Iconclass, private soldier Iconclass, drum (musical instrument) Iconclass, dog Iconclass, open fire (in general) Iconclass, death's head, skull (symbol of Death) Iconclass, (human) skull Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1958-V-8-2
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2622/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:1958-V-8-2
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