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The cold-water ordeal: a man is tortured by being tied with rope and lowered into cold water. Etching.
Wellcome Collection

The cold-water ordeal: a man is tortured by being tied with rope and lowered into cold water. Etching.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: 2e. Epreuve de l'eau froide

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