M0000790: Torture and execution of alleged plague carriers in Milan, 1630. Etching

Date:
12 May 1930
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/7/87
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M0000790: Torture and execution of alleged plague carriers in Milan, 1630. Etching. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Torture during the plague epidemic at Milan, 1630.

Description

Etching from c.1839 depicting the torture and execution of alleged plague carriers during the 1630 plague epidemic at Milan. Attributed to Orazio Colombo after an engraving by 'Bassano' or 'Francesco Vallato'. Related images: L0077093, V0010655.

Publication/Creation

12 May 1930

Physical description

4 photographs sheet film negatives, photographic prints; range in size from 9 x 10.4 cm to 10 x 12 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 1999i

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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