Caption

Instrument of torture: The stick - The prisoner had to put his legs through the holes, his arms were pushed through two of the iron hoops. As a result, he was placed in a curved, pain-relieving position, woodcut from 1864

Date

1864

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26B06_168

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

39,6Mb (1,8Mb) / 16,7in x 9,2in / 5000 x 2769 (300dpi)

Keywords

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