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A Chinese man beats a prisoner. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582347i
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A Chinese man delivers food to a prisoner chained to a metal weight. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582360i
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A Chinese torturer pushes a sharp instrument into the eardrum of a prisoner. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582349i
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Two Chinese prisoners with their ankles bound to a metal bar, squat on the ground. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582355i
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Two Chinese torturers twist the ears of a kneeling man. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582357i
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A Chinese man heats up sections of a metal chain over a flame in order to torture a prisoner. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582333i
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A Chinese man tortures a prisoner bound at the stake. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582345i
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Three Chinese men torture a prisoner by extracting a vein from his lower leg . Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582341i
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A man, held by two Chinese torturers, has the soles of his feet beaten with a stick. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582352i
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The execution by sword of a Chinese man. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582365i
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A man, bound at the stake, is disemboweled by a Chinese man with a sword. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582350i
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A Chinese man interrogates a prisoner who is on his knees, while his ears twisted by a torturer. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582348i