Wellcome Collection
Above, the Irish Massacre in 1641: men are being hanged, beaten and dragged by their feet behind horses while a woman has her nipples cut off with large scissors; below, men women and children are massacred on a bridge over the River Boen in Ireland. Etching with engraving.
Unknown artist
Lettering: Horrid scenes in the Irish Massacre in the year 1641 when upwards of 40000 Protestants were sacrificed. Dreadful massacre of of Protestants at the bridge over the Boen in Ireland.
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