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A man in a soldier's uniform is instructing men with cutlasses to remove a reluctant recruit from his home. Coloured wood engraving.
Wellcome Collection

A man in a soldier's uniform is instructing men with cutlasses to remove a reluctant recruit from his home. Coloured wood engraving.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: The pressgang.

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