Burning of French missionaries
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Research CatalogImage ID
808182
Item data
Title
Burning of French missionaries
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1640s-1660s
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1857
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-164
Subjects
United States -- 1600-1699
Indians of North America -- United States -- 1640-1649
Burning at the stake -- United States -- 1640-1649
Missionaries -- French -- United States -- 1640-1649
Breboeuf, Missionary
Lallemand, Missionary
Prayer
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "The assured countenance and confiding eye of Breboeuf still bore witness to his firmness. The voice of Lallemand was choked by the thick smoke: but the fire having snapped his bands, he lifted his hands to Heaven, imploring the aid of Him who is an aid to the weak."
Source Note: The great West : containing narratives of the most important and interesting events in Western history. (New York : Geo. F. Tuttle, 1857) Howe, Henry (1816-1893), Author.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 22 x 15 cm (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.)
Foxing on image and border.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613295
Barcode: 33333159307483
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a9c75450-c52f-012f-357f-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1857
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Burning of French missionaries" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1857. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a9c75450-c52f-012f-357f-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1857). Burning of French missionaries Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a9c75450-c52f-012f-357f-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Burning of French missionaries" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a9c75450-c52f-012f-357f-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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