Joze Maria de Távora tied to a rack and beaten with cudgels. Etching, ca. 1760.

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[1760?]
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43413i
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Joze Maria de Távora tied to a rack and beaten with cudgels. Etching, ca. 1760. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The Távora family were publicly tortured and executed in Lisbon in 1758-1759 for alleged complicity in an attempt to assassinate King Joseph I of Portugal

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[Lisbon] : [publisher not identified], [1760?]

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 10 x 13.1 cm

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Desta sorte moreu justiçado Joze Maria de Tavora, Ajudante das Ordens do Marquez seu pay

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Wellcome Collection 43413i

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