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Capital Punishment: The Pain of Death (Todesstrafe: La peine de mort)

Félicien Rops

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white drawing of a woman sitting on a guillotine platform with her arms raised above her head. She is wearing a long dark dress. There is a man lying on a lower platform covered in a sheet. The guillotine frame is on the left. The background is dark and blurry. The artist's name is in the bottom-left corner.

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642 × 900 px
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