Inhuman & barbarous lingering torture, inflicted on an European, in Barbary [graphic].
- Creator:
- Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- Dec. 21, 1808.
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : aquatint with etching on wove paper ; sheet 18.5 x 27 cm
- Notes:
- Title etched below image.
Printmaker from dealer's description.
Numbered '19' in upper right corner from: The mariner's marvellous magazine, or, Wonders of the ocean; containing the most remarkable adventures and relations of mariners in various parts of the globe. [London] : Published by Thomas Tegg ..., 1809.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with slight loss of imprint. - Abstract:
- An example of the extreme torture against Christians: a half-naked man, his left hand and left foot empaled on hooks is suspended by chains from a gallows.
- Variant Titles:
- Inhuman and barbarous lingering torture, inflicted on an European, in Barbary
- Topics:
- Berbers--Africa, North.
Crowds.
Crucifixions.
Forts & fortifications
Gallows.
Punishment & torture. - Topics:
- Barbary.
- Topics:
- Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Aquatints--England--London--1808.
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 808.12.21.02
- Orbis Record:
- 12874498
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr34658
- OID:
- 16731099
- PID:
- digcoll:4704455
