A variety of methods of torture: a man has been rolled into a carpet and is dragged to death by a horse, a woman is hit with a rifle-butt and a man is tied to a post outside a hut. Wood engraving by A.F. Pannemaker after B. Castelli.

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Castelli, Bernardino, 1750-1810.

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A variety of methods of torture: a man has been rolled into a carpet and is dragged to death by a horse, a woman is hit with a rifle-butt and a man is tied to a post outside a hut. Wood engraving by A.F. Pannemaker after B. Castelli.