| Image title: | 1733.—The Whirligig |
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| Source: | Knight, Charles: “Old England: A Pictorial Museum” (1845) |
| Place shown: | none |
| Keywords: | punishments, torture, cages, greyscale |
| Status: | out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested |
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A cage for punishemt: the offender was put inside and then the cage was spun round rapidly, often for a long time (perhaps all day). This would make the victim sick or even unconscious. In the mean-time the victim would be ridiculed publicly by passers-by. another picture of a whirligig, complete with victim [mature content] |
| Dimensions: | 32 x 40mm (1.3 x 1.6 inches) |
| Filename: | 1733-the-whirligig-q75-355x500.jpg |
| Blog image: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/3/1733-the-whirligig-q75-355x500.jpg |
| Blog link: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/3/pages/1733-the-whirligig/ |
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| Scanner dpi: | 800 |
| Comment: | Add a link, leave a comment or change keywords |
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