Cartoon about the abolition of the death penalty, 1864, A life question of the day (title on object), Cartoon about the irony of the abolition of the death penalty in times of war. Death embraces the barrel of a cannon. Plate published in the weekly magazine De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 6, February 6, 1864., print, print maker: Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, printer: Smits, (mentioned on object), publisher: Dirk Anthonie Thieme, (mentioned on object), print maker: Netherlands, printer: Netherlands, publisher: Arnhem, publisher: The Hague, 1864, paper, height c. 275 mm × width c. 215 mm

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