Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Above, a cat in a priest's habit is hung on the gallows with priests laughing at the sight; below, a blindfolded man is hung and the rope breaks to release him to the ground. Etching by G. Terry.
Above, a cat in a priest's habit is hung on the gallows with priests laughing at the sight; below, a blindfolded man is hung and the rope breaks to release him to the ground. Etching by G. Terry.
Wellcome Collection

Above, a cat in a priest's habit is hung on the gallows with priests laughing at the sight; below, a blindfolded man is hung and the rope breaks to release him to the ground. Etching by G. Terry.

1776

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Engraved for Fox's Book of Martyrs. G. Terry sculp.

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