Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :'The Underbelly'. "Now you won't be too rough will you?" City Voice [1993-2001]

An enormous Medusa-like woman (her dreads end in hissing snakes) wearing a bra with spikes protruding from it, thigh-length boots and decorated briefs, clutches a whip in one hand and holds onto a terrified little man by a rope tied round his neck with the other. She appears to be engaged in a bondage session with him (or domination and submission) and slavers with rage and desire. He begs her not to be too rough. Nearby is a kind of barbecue with various instruments of torture being heated on it.

The second half of the paper has an incomplete pencil sketch of the same woman heating one of the instruments over the coals and saying that she is 'nearly ready' while the man shakes with fear and says 'We're just having a harmless bit of fun aren't we, Julia?'

Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).

Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper - 420 x 295 mm

Provenance: Donated in 2008 for the William Hogarth exhibition