Soldiers dismembering, torturing and killing civilians outside town fortifications, probably during a siege. Etching by R. de Hooghe [?].

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43613i
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Soldiers dismembering, torturing and killing civilians outside town fortifications, probably during a siege. Etching by R. de Hooghe [?]. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Naked civilians have their hands or tongues cut, are scourged, beheaded or mutilated in various ways while they are in full view of those standing within the safety of the castle walls

Physical description

1 print : etching

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Creator/production credits

The etcher is probably Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 43613i

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