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Indigenous Americans Torturing a European Prisoner with Burning Torches
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Indigenous Americans Torturing a European Prisoner with Burning Torches

Caspar Luyken · 1695 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Native Americans torture a European prisoner with burning torches. On the right in the background spectators, on the left women around a cauldron above the fire. Print marked top right: Fol. 53.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printboekillustratietorture (+ imprisonment)
Credit lineOorspronkelijke Amerikanen martelen een Europese gevangene met brandende toortsen. 1695. Caspar Luyken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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