A soldier protects an unarmed man from approaching soldiers. Engraving with etching.

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43744i
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The soldiers approach the unarmed man who kneels on the ground with his arms thrown upwards in a gesture of giving himself up, in rows with their guns drawn, whereas the protecting soldier, himself unarmed, holds the kneeling man with his left arm, using the right arm to gesture retreat to the soldiers

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 12.7 x 7.6 cm

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The soldier by compulsion

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Wellcome Collection 43744i

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