Above, the martyr Cutbert Sison is tortured on the rack; below, Thomas Hinshaw is scourged on his bare bottom under the supervision of Bishop Bonner. Etching by G. Terry.
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Description
John Fox's (1527-1597) Book of Martyrs was originally published in the 16th century, it being the classic history of the lives, sufferings, and deaths of the Early Christian martyrs. After the bible itself, no book so profoundly influenced early Protestant sentiment as the Book of Martyrs
Publication/Creation
[London] (Paternoster Row) : Published for H. Trapp
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 27 x 17 cm
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Lettering
Engraved for Fox's Book of Martyrs. G. Terry sculp.
Lettering continues within the print
Reference
Wellcome Collection 43183i
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