Picture No | 10120218 |
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Description | THE PEAR OF ANGUISH |
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The 'poire d'angoisser', this French torture device was inserted into the mouth, rectum or vagina and its sharp edged sections expanded.
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Source | Unattributed engraving from a drawing by Montalan. Original object in The Louvre. Magasin Pittoresque, 1857. |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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