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Engraving of a man raising a pole over a bound man stretched across a wooden rack, with a distant gallows and palm trees under a pale sky.

The Execution of Breaking on the Rack

A black-and-white engraving shows a standing man raising a long wooden pole above a prone man bound across a low wooden rack, with a gallows-like frame and palm trees in the distant landscape. Fine cross-hatched lines model the bodies and ground, and a small axe and a hat lie in the foreground.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1793
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2866 × 4000 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1793; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: CC0

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): William Blake, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Español: La ejecución por quebrantamiento en el potro

Un grabado en blanco y negro muestra a un hombre de pie que levanta un largo palo de madera sobre otro hombre tendido, atado sobre un bastidor de madera bajo, con una horca lejana y palmeras en el paisaje. Finas líneas cruzadas modelan los cuerpos y el suelo, y en primer plano se ven un hacha pequeña y un sombrero.

Português: A execução por esquartejamento no cavalete

Uma gravura em preto e branco mostra um homem de pé erguendo uma longa vara de madeira sobre outro homem deitado, amarrado sobre uma armação de madeira baixa, com uma forca distante e palmeiras na paisagem. Linhas cruzadas finas modelam os corpos e o chão, e em primeiro plano aparecem um pequeno machado e um chapéu.

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