Jean Calas is visited in his cell by his family as a warder loosens the shackles on his leg and a man in a cowl enters the room. Engraving by Andreas Leonhard Moeglich after Daniel Chodowiecki.

  • Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801.
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1790
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28892i
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view Jean Calas is visited in his cell by his family as a warder loosens the shackles on his leg and a man in a cowl enters the room. Engraving by Andreas Leonhard Moeglich after Daniel Chodowiecki.

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Jean Calas is visited in his cell by his family as a warder loosens the shackles on his leg and a man in a cowl enters the room. Engraving by Andreas Leonhard Moeglich after Daniel Chodowiecki. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Norimb. [Nuremberg] : Andreas Leonhard Moeglich, 1790.

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1 print : engraving ; image 33.1 x 45 cm

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Der Abschied des Calas von Seiner Familie. ... Daniel Chodowiecki, inv. et delin. Andreas Leonhard Moeglich, sculpsit et excudit.

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Wellcome Collection 28892i

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