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English: Torture and execution of a Polish rebel ("Zawisza the Black") by the Russians. Priest in a Cassock holds his blindfold. An episode of the 1830 November uprising in Poland.
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Source Lacroix, Frédéric (d. 1864). Les mystères de la Russie: Tableau politique et morale de l'empire Russe. Paris, Pagnerre, 1845. (Google Books)
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Charles-Michel Geoffroy  (1819–1882)  wikidata:Q16538504
 
Alternative names
C. Geoffroi and Ch. Geoffroy.
Description French copper engraver and engraver
Date of birth/death 2 July 1819 Edit this at Wikidata 24 March 1882 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Joinville, Haute-Marne Passy
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Paris Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q16538504
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