Above, the Irish Massacre in 1641: men are being hanged, beaten and dragged by their feet behind horses while a woman has her nipples cut off with large scissors; below, men women and children are massacred on a bridge over the River Boen in Ireland. Etching with engraving.

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28 March 1812
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43173i
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Above, the Irish Massacre in 1641: men are being hanged, beaten and dragged by their feet behind horses while a woman has her nipples cut off with large scissors; below, men women and children are massacred on a bridge over the River Boen in Ireland. Etching with engraving. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (Paternoster Row) : Thomas Kelly, 28 March 1812.

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 29 x 18 cm

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Horrid scenes in the Irish Massacre in the year 1641 when upwards of 40000 Protestants were sacrificed. Dreadful massacre of of Protestants at the bridge over the Boen in Ireland.

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Wellcome Collection 43173i

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