Postcard: Torture chair of Spanish Inquisition

General view of object no. ARC/HMG/PR/003/001/003.
General view of object no. ARC/HMG/PR/003/001/003.

Postcard showing side view of Spanish Inquisition Torture Chair, museum object number 4504.
Caption on front: Torture-Chair of the Spanish inquisition, 17th century, from Cuenca, Spain.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
ARC/HMG/PR/003/001/003
Date
circa 1912
MAKER
COLLECTOR / COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 140 mm x 89 mm; 1 postcard
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
paper
CATEGORY
Archive: Institutional
LOCATION
In storage
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