The Firing Squad, from Les Grands Misères et Malheurs de la Guerre
Artist: Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
Publisher: Israël Henriet (French, ca. 1590-1661)
Date: 1633
Dimensions:
Image: 3 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (8.3 × 18.7 cm)
Sheet: 3 5/16 × 7 1/2 in. (8.4 × 19.1 cm)
Medium: Etching
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1982.130L
Label Text:Those who, in obedience to their evil genius, fail in their duty, use tyranny, take pleasure only in evil and violate reason, and whose treason-filled actions produce a thousand bloody uproars in the camp, are thus chastised and shot.
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