Social History of Art
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18th 1700-1775
Bell after Hogarth, The Reward of Cruelty, 1750
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The unclaimed bodied of executed criminals were commonly employed in anatomical theaters well into the 19th century. Here the cadaver still has a hangman's noose around his neck.
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