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Vagabondiana 1817 ballad seller.jpg
Plate XIV 'New Elegy' - Illustration from 'The Cries of London' 1839

murder of William of Orange.jpg
Prince William of Orange was assassinated by a Jesuit named Balthasar Gérard (1557-1584).

Jacques Callot, The Stake.gif
Callot has always been regarded as one of the exceptional artists of his time, although he never made any paintings; he worked exclusively as a printmaker and produced more than 1400 plates, almost all of which he designed and which earned him…

Le Barbarie del mondo.png
Le barbarie del mondo, by Hieronymous Porro (fl 1574-1604), depicts Italian street people collected under the unkind general heading of  "barbarism of the world". I misread the description of the actions of the people in the print (found at the…

Rowlandson Last Dying Speech.jpg
This watercolour depicts a streetseller vending a batch of criminal broadsheets. In the background, crowds are watching an execution taking place outside Newgate Prison.

Jacques Callot, The Wheel.jpg
Callot has always been regarded as one of the exceptional artists of his time, although he never made any paintings; he worked exclusively as a printmaker and produced more than 1400 plates, almost all of which he designed and which earned him…

Jacques Callot Strappado.gif
Callot has always been regarded as one of the exceptional artists of his time, although he never made any paintings; he worked exclusively as a printmaker and produced more than 1400 plates, almost all of which he designed and which earned him…

Jacques Callot, Firing Squad.gif
Callot has always been regarded as one of the exceptional artists of his time, although he never made any paintings; he worked exclusively as a printmaker and produced more than 1400 plates, almost all of which he designed and which earned him…
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