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Military deserters

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  • Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.
  • A group of boys with a flag and weapons take hold of one boy who is attempting to escape. Lithograph by Thomas Fairland after Robert Farrier.
  • Third Carlist War: deserters from the Spanish army imprisoned in the Alhambra, Granada, supervised in a yard by armed guards. Wood engraving, 1873.
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    Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.

    Prater, Ernest, active 1900. | Reference: 23692i
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    A group of boys with a flag and weapons take hold of one boy who is attempting to escape. Lithograph by Thomas Fairland after Robert Farrier.

    Farrier, Robert, 1796-1879. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 29114i
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    Third Carlist War: deserters from the Spanish army imprisoned in the Alhambra, Granada, supervised in a yard by armed guards. Wood engraving, 1873.

    | Date: [1873] | Reference: 37790i
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