Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A torture chamber of the Spanish Inquisition with with suspected heretics having their feet burned or being suspended with a rope from a pulley while scribes note down confessions. Engraving by B. Picart, 1722.
A torture chamber of the Spanish Inquisition with with suspected heretics having their feet burned or being suspended with a rope from a pulley while scribes note down confessions. Engraving by B. Picart, 1722.
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A torture chamber of the Spanish Inquisition with with suspected heretics having their feet burned or being suspended with a rope from a pulley while scribes note down confessions. Engraving by B. Picart, 1722.

Bernard Picart

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Diverses manieres dont le St. Ofice fait donner la question. B. Picart sculp. dir. 1722

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