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Desrues' widow, after having been flogged and branded, is taken, with a halter round her neck, to the hospital where she is to be confined for life, as an accomplice in the crimes of her husband, March 9, 1719

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Desrues' widow, after having been flogged and branded, is taken, with a halter round her neck, to the hospital where she is to be confined for life, as an accomplice in the crimes of her husband, March 9, 1719

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Desrues' widow, after having been flogged and branded, is taken, with a halter round her neck, to the hospital where she is to be confined for life, as an accomplice in the crimes of her husband, March 9, 1719
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Punishments

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1876
Topics
Punishment & torture
Carts & wagons -- France -- 1710-1719
Criminals -- France -- 1710-1719
Punishment & torture -- France -- 1710-1719
Spectators -- France -- 1710-1719
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "Fac-simile from a popular engraving of the time." Tear on border and image on the left.
Source note: The XVIIIth century : its institutions, customs, and costumes : France, 1700-1789. Chapman, 1876) Jacob, P. L. (1806-1884), Author.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17696948
Barcode: 33333159444252
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d98b3270-c561-012f-a6b3-58d385a7bc34
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  • 1876: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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The New York Public Library. "Desrues' widow, after having been flogged and branded, is taken, with a halter round her neck, to the hospital where she is to be confined for life, as an accomplice in the crimes of her husband, March 9, 1719" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1c9a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. "Desrues' widow, after having been flogged and branded, is taken, with a halter round her neck, to the hospital where she is to be confined for life, as an accomplice in the crimes of her husband, March 9, 1719" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1c9a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. (1876). Desrues' widow, after having been flogged and branded, is taken, with a halter round her neck, to the hospital where she is to be confined for life, as an accomplice in the crimes of her husband, March 9, 1719 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1c9a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Desrues' widow, after having been flogged and branded, is taken, with a halter round her neck, to the hospital where she is to be confined for life, as an accomplice in the crimes of her husband, March 9, 1719