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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43183i
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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

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[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

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Wellcome Collection 43183i

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