Second Stage of Cruelty, plate II from The Four Stages of Cruelty Finish:20-pack showing an ugly woman holding

showing an ugly woman holding a spy glass which touches the circumference of a large circle representing a magnified drop of water filled with grotesque aquatic creatures

Two decapitated heads can be seen speaking to each other on the top of Temple Bar

View showing the north side of Knightrider Street (a portion formerly known as Old Fish Street)

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giving its original dedication

Second Stage of Cruelty, plate II from The Four Stages of Cruelty Finish:20-pack showing an ugly woman holding'Second Stage of Cruelty', plate II from The Four Stages of Cruelty, 1751. Tom Nero, as a coachman, is beating his disabled horse savagely, behind is an overturned carriage crammed full of barristers from Thieves' Inn. To the right a drover clubs a sheep to death, whilst behind him a sleepy drayman has just run over a boy with his cart.