Cuthbert Simpson tortured on the rack in the Tower of London [graphic].

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Title: Cuthbert Simpson tortured on the rack in the Tower of London [graphic].
Creator: Neagle, John B., approximately 1796-1866, printmaker
Published / Created: [1830]
Publication Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: J.J. Woodward
Abstract: A man, wearing only a loincloth, is shown being stretched on a rack. Two men, on the right and left edges of the image, work the mechanism of the torture device. Three men observe from the far side of the rack, the central figure wearing aristocratic clothes and a ruff
Description: Title etched below image.
Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved.
Plate from: Foxe, J. Fox's Book of martyrs, or, The acts and monuments of the Christian Church. Philadelphia : J.J. Woodward, 1830.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 27 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Book illustrations
Etchings Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1830
Engravings Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1830
Material: etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Tower of London (London, England),
Subject (Topic): Martyrs
Punishment & torture
Punishment devices
Subjects: Tower of London (London, England)
Martyrs
Punishment & torture
Punishment devices
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 1830

Access: Public
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