'Butcher's Shop of the Anziques', 1598, (1863). Creator: WH Wesley.

'Butcher's Shop of the Anziques', 1598, (1863). Creator: WH Wesley.

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'Butcher's Shop of the Anziques', 1598, (1863). Sale of human flesh. Engraving by Theodor de Bry illustrating Filippo Pigafetta's Regnum Congo (Report of the Kingdom of Congo), which contains the oldest known account of cannibalism in Central Africa. Published in "Evidence as to man's place in nature" by Thomas Henry Huxley. [London, 1863]


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Creator
  1. WH Wesley, attributed to: British: Artist, engraver, printmaker
People Related
  1. Thomas Henry Huxley: British: Scientist, biologist, anthropologist
  2. Charles Darwin: British: Naturalist, geologist and biologist
  3. Filippo Pigafetta: Italian: author, mathematician and explorer

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2992x5874
File Size : 51,490kb


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  1. 1280001281
  1. 3-060-988
  1. 3060988

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