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.
| Artist |
William Hogarth
RKD
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John Beaver
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| Title | Breaking the Legs, from a series of illustrations for the book Roman Military Punishments by John Beaver |
| Date | na 1725 |
| Period | 18th century |
| Location | London TGN |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right, outside the depiction: W Hogarth Invt et Sculp |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1958-V-8-12 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Pycke, François 1958 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1958-V-8-12 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2632/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
41A191 tent Iconclass 44G33 torture Iconclass |
| School / Style | Rococo AAT |
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