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Kidnapping

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  • Two men on horseback, one clutching a child are being pursued by others brandishing swords. Etching by D. Félix, 1866.
  • A family of gypsies sit in their camp with a child they have stolen. Engraving by W. & F. Holl, 1840, after F.P. Stephanoff.
  • A soldier confiscates a baby from its mother in the night, because the baby has violated the curfew. Coloured lithograph by Cham.
  • Memorial of European events from the year 1710. Engraving, c. 1722.
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    A family of gypsies sit in their camp with a child they have stolen. Engraving by W. & F. Holl, 1840, after F.P. Stephanoff.

    Stephanoff, Francis Philip, 1788-1860. | Date: October 31st 1840 | Reference: 27364i
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    Memorial of European events from the year 1710. Engraving, c. 1722.

    | Reference: 26400i
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    Hostage / Guy Delisle ; translated by Helge Dascher.

    Delisle, Guy. | Date: 2017
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    A soldier confiscates a baby from its mother in the night, because the baby has violated the curfew. Coloured lithograph by Cham.

    Cham, 1819-1879. | Reference: 16811i
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    Two men on horseback, one clutching a child are being pursued by others brandishing swords. Etching by D. Félix, 1866.

    Félix, Dominique, active 1866. | Date: [1867] | Reference: 29603i
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