Jacques Callot. Attack on the Coach, plate eight from The Miseries of War. 1633. France. Etching on paper Inscribed In the seclusion of forests and deserted places, quite far from military drill and duties, these infamous thieves lead the life of assassins, and their bloody arm deals only in robbery, so possessed are they with the cruel desire to take travelers’ property and life.

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