The Second Millennium, 1997
Graphite, gouache, and watercolor on white Strathmore Bristol board mounted on canvas
52 3/4 x 55 3/8 in (134 x 140.7 cm)
© Sue Coe
Scene 14 from the Pit. The Pit is roughly based on Hogarth's The Four Stages of Cruelty, a series of engravings that were made, in Hogarth's words, 'in the hope...
Scene 14 from the Pit. The Pit is roughly based on Hogarth's The Four Stages of Cruelty, a series of engravings that were made, in Hogarth's words, "in the hope of, in some degree, correcting the barbarous treatment of animals, the very sight of which renders the streets of our metropolis so distressing to every feeling mind."
Publications
Sue Coe, Pit’s Letter, 2000
Stephen F. Eisenman, The Ghosts of Our Meat exhibition catalogue, 2013 p. 71, plate 25