Picture No | 10019203 |
Date | December 1716 |
Description | Convict chain, France. |
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A chain of convicts welcome a new arrival at La Tournelle: Jean-Francois Gruet, a tax collector condemned to the galleys for life for appropriating public money.
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Source | Popular engraving of the period, reproduced in Lacroix, XVIIIe Siecle |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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