Cairo butcher punishment. Ear nailed to door. Rotten meat hung from nose 1779

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The punishment of a butcher of grand Cairo for selling stinking meat by nailing one of his ears to his shop door, and placing a piece of the flesh in a wire which is run thro' his nose. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Wale delin. Taylor Sculp. Provenance: A New and Complete System of Geography containing a full accurate, authentic and interesting account and description of Europe, Asia, Africa and America etc. by Charles Theodore Middleton printed fo Pater-noster Row, London. Type: Antique copperplate print.

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Size: 2239px × 3633px
Location: Egypt
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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