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Socrates committing suicide surrounded by his grieving friends and students. Engraving by J.F.P. Peyron, 1790.
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Socrates committing suicide surrounded by his grieving friends and students. Engraving by J.F.P. Peyron, 1790.

Pierre Peyron · 1790

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Socrate, prêt a boire la cigue, exhorte ses disciples et ses amis a moderer leur douleur ... P. Peyron inv. pinx. et sculp. 1790.

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