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A man is stretched out on a rack as another man beats him with a wooden stick. Engraving.
Wellcome Collection

A man is stretched out on a rack as another man beats him with a wooden stick. Engraving.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/62814 · 1793

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: The execution of breaking on the rack.

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