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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view 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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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]. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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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1 print : etching

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Wellcome Collection 43614i

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The etcher is probably Romeyn de Hooghe

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