Engraving of a crowd in a street gathered around a prone figure attacked by several dogs, with a timber building at right and a framed caption below.

Cypriania Bustia devoured by dogs, engraving after D. Dodd

A black-and-white engraved scene shows a street lined with timber and brick buildings, where a crowd of men gathers around a prone figure being attacked by several dogs. A caption beneath reads that Cypriania Bustia, a Piedmontese, was starved to death, taken from prison and thrown to dogs; the engraving is after D. Dodd.

Artist: Daniel Dodd
Date: [1765?]
Medium: Etchings Engravings
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2279 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1775.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

18th century engraving print etching dog crowd street scene martyrdom black and white