The body of an old man is laid out naked in state outside the wooden fortifications of a town and mocked and insulted by a mob lighting a bonfire. Etching [by Romeyn de Hooghe].

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43614i
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The wooden architecture and the furry head-dress hint at Russia as a possible geographical location for the scene

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Physical description

1 print : etching

Creator/production credits

The etcher is probably Romeyn de Hooghe

Reference

Wellcome Collection 43614i

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