Talk:The Four Stages of Cruelty

message: I have had a go at formatting the texts beneath the prints in a slightly more pleasing way.  The configuration may not work for other readers, as it will depend on image size, text size, etc, so let me know if there are any problems. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:47, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That looks much better. Yomanganitalk 14:29, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
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message: Is there any discussion of the symbolism of the wrist/index finger business? Also, how did the dog get his heart out when they're only starting on his intestines? 68.39.174.238 23:44, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't come across any. The cuts obviously show the attack was brutal and the severing of the finger highlights the fact that it is pointing at the book (as if by divine intent). I think a little license comes into play with the dog eating the heart. Freke probably hooked it out with his cane. Yomanganitalk 00:00, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: In today's BBC Radio 4Today Programme the author of a recent paper[1] claimed that the obstetricians Smellie and Hunter are the anatomists depicted in The rewards of cruelty - and that they had many pregnant women murdered in order to acquire the cadavers they needed for their anatomical studies.  
1. Shelton DC. The Emperor's new clothes. J R Soc Med 2010;103(2):46-50.
--peter_english (talk) 09:37, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I heard that. He claimed that Smellie was the body being dissected by William and John Hunter. It's hard to see how you could get a positive identification of Smellie from the contorted features of the corpse, but I'd like to read the paper to see who the leading expert on Hogarth was that concurred with Shelton's identification. Yomanganitalk 11:31, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Shelton claims that an international Hogarth scholar has endorsed the new identification of Smellie and Hunter within The Reward of Cruelty in a book entitled Hogarth's Hidden Parts. I have not seen this source. Can anyone check this out? Christophorus (talk) 19:51, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Identity of the anatomists 

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message: Looking at this for the sweep of featured articles not reviewed since 2015. Overall, I think this an excellent work that's stood up, inasmuch as I (somewhat of a newcomer to FAC) understand the criteria. That said, there's extensive image sandwiching that a stricter eye than mine could complain about. I recognize the limitations of image placement for a short-ish visual arts article and don't consider this a perditious sin, but I think it a matter worth leaving a note about for posterity. Vaticidalprophet 14:47, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm dubious the Van Dyck is the right one. Johnbod (talk) 14:59, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

text: forgot to ping ... SandyGeorgia (Talk)  21:04, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:   I did not attempt to sort the Van Dyck issue, but on my mobile devices, I was getting teeeeensy lines of text MOS:SANDWICHed between images. I viewed Yoman's version that passed FAC eons ago, and attempted to respect his layout, while resolving sandwiching.  I've marked the article Satisfactory at URFA, so it is now moved to "FAR not needed".  Hooray! SandyGeorgia (Talk)  21:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Great - the 2 Van D's are close enough it doesn't really matter I suppose. Johnbod (talk) 00:17, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
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