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Whipping of Obadiah Holmes

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Image ID

814406


Item data

Title

Whipping of Obadiah Holmes

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Punishments -- Flogging

Names

Reinhart, Charles Stanley, 1844-1896 (Artist)
Clement, E., engraver (Engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1881

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC PUNI-Flo

Subjects

Whipping
Punishment & torture
Holmes, Obediah, 1606-1682
Persecution -- Massachusetts -- 1650-1659
Men -- Massachusetts -- 1650-1659
Whipping -- Massachusetts -- 1650-1659
Whips -- 1650-1659

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Includes text.
Source Note: Popular history of the United States, from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen to the end of the Civil War. (New York : Scribner, c1876-1881) Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878), Author.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17696953
Barcode: 33333159445382
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1a9f4d40-c562-012f-b08f-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1881

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Whipping of Obadiah Holmes" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1881. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1a9f4d40-c562-012f-b08f-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1881). Whipping of Obadiah Holmes Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1a9f4d40-c562-012f-b08f-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Whipping of Obadiah Holmes" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1a9f4d40-c562-012f-b08f-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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