A butcher in Cairo is punished for selling stinking meat by having his ear nailed to his shop door. Etching by Taylor after S. Wale.

  • Wale, Samuel, -1786.
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43327i
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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 16.7 x 11.3 cm

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The punishment of a butcher of Grand Cairo for selling stinking meat by nailing one of his ears to his shop door, and placing a piece of the flesh in a wire which is run tho' his nose. Wale delin. Taylor sculp.

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Wellcome Collection 43327i

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