Person/entity held by a belligerent party to another or seized for carrying out agreement
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Afghanistan: portraits of the Kabul prisoners. Lithographs by L. Dickinson, 1843, after V. Eyre.
Vincent EyreDate: [1843]Reference: 27001i- Pictures
The burghers of Calais offer the keys of their besieged city to King Edward III; Queen Philippa urges him to spare their lives. Engraving by J.H. Robinson after H.C. Selous, ca. 1847.
Henry Courtney SelousDate: [1847?]Reference: 2971509i
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English families taken as hostages in the French Revolution, imprisoned in the orphanage of Arras. Engraving by P. Maxell, 1802, after T. Snagg.
Thomas SnaggDate: Nov.r 5 1802Reference: 652323i- Pictures
Cloelia and her companions crossing the Tiber. Colour etching by S. Mulinari after F. Salviati.
Francesco SalviatiDate: [1766]Reference: 2917579i