A sailor is stripped to the waist and tied to a grid by his wrists while being flogged with a cat-o'-nine-tails with the captain looking on. Pen and ink drawing.

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view A sailor is stripped to the waist and tied to a grid by his wrists while being flogged with a cat-o'-nine-tails with the captain looking on. Pen and ink drawing.

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A sailor is stripped to the waist and tied to a grid by his wrists while being flogged with a cat-o'-nine-tails with the captain looking on. Pen and ink drawing. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The cat-o'-nine-tails is constructed of nine knotted cords or thongs of rawhide attached to a handle

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1 drawing : pen and ink

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Wellcome Collection 43288i

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