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A butcher in Cairo is punished for selling stinking meat by having his ear nailed to his shop door. Etching by Taylor after S. Wale.
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A butcher in Cairo is punished for selling stinking meat by having his ear nailed to his shop door. Etching by Taylor after S. Wale.

Samuel Wale

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Lettering: The punishment of a butcher of Grand Cairo for selling stinking meat by nailing one of his ears to his shop door, and placing a piece of the flesh in a wire which is run tho' his nose. Wale delin. Taylor sculp.

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