A sailor is stripped to the waist, tied to a ladder and being flogged with a cat-o'-nine-tails while four sailors are waiting for their turn to flog him. Wood engraving by W.R.

Wellcome Collection

A sailor is stripped to the waist, tied to a ladder and being flogged with a cat-o'-nine-tails while four sailors are waiting for their turn to flog him. Wood engraving by W.R.

Unknown artist

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionWellcome Collection

Lettering: The punishments. ; W.R.

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