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Guards are cruelly punished
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Guards are cruelly punished

1591 · letterpress printing; engraving; paper

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

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A European sits with a leader of a Native American people watching a public punishment. Two men kneel before them on the ground and are struck on the head with a club. The head of the first begins to bleed. Other members of the people and European soldiers also watch.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printboekillustratieNative peoples of the AmericasNoord- en Centraal Amerika
Credit lineWachters worden harteloos gestraft. 1591. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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