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Jean Calas

French protestant martyr (1698–1762)

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Images featuring Jean Calas

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  • The family of Jean Calas sit listening to Alexandre Lavaysse reading a letter from Calas after his execution. Engraving by J.B. Delafosse, 1765, after L.C. De Carmontelle.
  • The martyrdom of the French Protestant merchant John Calas: tied to a wheel with his arms and legs spread he is beaten to death in the presence of a priest and with a crowd looking on. Etching after D. Dodd.
  • Jean Calas says farewell to his wife before he is executed. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.
  • The family of Jean Calas say goodbye to him as he is taken from prison to be executed. Engraving by D. Chodowiecki after himself.
  • Jean Calas is visited in his cell by his family as a warder loosens the shackles on his leg and a man in a cowl enters the room. Engraving by Andreas Leonhard Moeglich after Daniel Chodowiecki.
  • The family of Jean Calas sit listening to Alexandre Lavaysse reading a letter from Calas. Engraving by J.B. Delafosse after L.C. De Carmontelle.
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Prisons
Wrongful death