Alas! Have Mercy!

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A man with a shotgun lifts the lid of a large wooden vat inside which someone was trying to hide

Alas! Jesus Mary! Have mercy!

(Facing p. 514.)

Artist

Name:: Masutti, Antonio
Dates:: 1813-1895
Country:: Italy

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Robarts Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: I misteri di Roma contemporanea, vol. 1
Author:: G. S. (Bernardo del Vecchio)
Publisher:: Turin: Augusto F. Negro, 1861
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A man carrying a shotgun lifts the lid of a large wooden vat inside which someone was hoping to be hiding.

The caption reads in the original Italian: Ahimè ! Gesù Maria ! Pietà !

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