Title

'Third Degree of Torture of the Inquisition', 1813. Artist: LC Stadler

Caption

'Third Degree of Torture of the Inquisition', 1813. The victim is stripped and an iron chain pulled against his chest until it breaks through the flesh to his bones; One of four scenes of Inquisition torture.
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1880

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D77_142

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,1Mb (1,9Mb) / 14,3in x 10,9in / 4293 x 3266 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men religious sitting religion body guy violence color colour Christian Christianity pain instrument chain Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic prisoner bone horror priest rib concept violent TORTURE seated suffering crushing brutality 19th century torture chamber Inquisitor Roman Catholicism nineteenth century inquisition religious persecution the body torturer torturing engraving Historica Graphica Collection LC Stadler Stadler LC engraving