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Title: Public executions.
Image ID: 814542
Image ID 814542
Creators: Milles De Souvigny, Jean, 16th cent., engraver
Bertrand,
Date Created: 1541
Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 24 x 14 cm. (9 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Material Type: Prints
Subjects: Decapitations
Punishment & Torture
Spectators
Book Illustrations
Executions
Notes: Printed on border: "Fig. 347." "Fac-simile of a woodcut in the work of J. Millaeus, 'Praxis criminis persequendi:' small folio, Parisiis, Simon de Colines,1541." "…invention of the mechanical instrument, now known under the name of the guillotine, which is merely an improvement on a complicated machine which was much more ancient than is generally supposed." "419"
Date Published: 187?
Barcode Number: 33333159446729
Struc ID: 594685
Source: Manners, customs, and dress during the Middle Ages, and during the Renaissance period.   View All images from Source
In Folder: Punishments -- torture   View All images from Folder

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