William Hogarth - Print, book-illustration (BM Cc,1.56)
Summary
Breaking the legs and the punishment of blood-letting; an encampment, at left a man raising a cudgel over a bound man whose leg is already bent unnaturally from having been broken; at right, two soldiers raising cutlasses over bound men; illustration to John Beaver, 'The Roman Military Punishments' (London, 1725), Ch.11, p.99.
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Date
1600 - 1700
Source
British Museum
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Public Domain