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Two Chinese prisoners carrying heavy loads on poles balanced on their shoulders: the men have their legs shackled and are led by two other men, who hold the long chains attached to the prisoners' necks. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 1780/1880?.
Date: 1780-1880Reference: 573876iPart of: Chinese justice and methods of punishment- Pictures
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A kneeling Chinese woman is subjected to a beating, while a fellow prisoner looks on, his wrists enclosed in stocks. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 1780/1880?.
Date: 1780-1880Reference: 573878iPart of: Chinese justice and methods of punishment- Pictures
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A Chinese courtroom (?): a woman is shown being beaten, as she kneels before a formally-dressed official, who is writing at a desk. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 1780/1880?.
Date: 1780-1880Reference: 573872iPart of: Chinese justice and methods of punishment- Pictures
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A Chinese prisoner kneeling on the ground is having his fingers tortured by three men. Coloured engraving by A. Freschi, 1812.
Date: 15 May 1812Reference: 579903i- Pictures
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A Chinese woman being subjected to torture while tied to a cross: blood is seen ematating from the woman's eyes and mouth and her torturer is shown standing besided her. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 573826i- Pictures
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A Chinese woman being subjected to torture while tied to a cross: the woman's torturer is shown using a knife to cut open her abdomen, arms and face, while a formally-dressed man looks on. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 573828i- Pictures
Two men and two children standing next to a Chinese man carrying the cangue around his neck as a punishment; a river and a boat in the background. Engraving by J. Hall after W. Alexander, 1796.
Alexander, William, 1767-1816.Date: 12 April 1796Reference: 579902i- Pictures
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A Chinese man with his hands bound in a wooden grid, kneeling on the ground, is tortured by two men holding a long stick and a man with a rope. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579686i- Pictures
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Left, a Tartar musketeer holding a gun; right, Chinese man carrying the cangue around his neck as a punishment. Coloured engraving by A. Freschi, 1812.
Date: 30 May 1812Reference: 579746i- Pictures
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Three Chinese men being subjected to torture and execution: left, the body of a recently decapitated man, centre, a man tied to a cross, right, an executioner prepars to decapitate a kneeling man. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 573832i- Pictures
Chinese justice and methods of punishment. Gouache paintings on rice-paper, 1780/1880?.
Date: 1780-1880Reference: 573867i- Pictures
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A Chinese man wearing a cangue (portable pillory) and a Chinese man lying on the ground, being whipped. Wood engraving, ca. 1860.
Date: 1860Reference: 579737i- Pictures
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A Chinese man lying on the ground, with a man seated on his back and another holding his feet, is being beaten. Engraving by W. Wetherhead, 1858, after T. Allom.
Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872.Date: [1858]Reference: 579730i- Pictures
Two Chinese men are bound with rope and whipped led by another playing a gong. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 586447i- Pictures
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Two Chinese men wearing red jackets are holding a Chinese prisoner by the ears and under the arms. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579692i- Pictures
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A Chinese man is lying on an horizontal pillory while two Chinese men are tying a rope around the wooden structure at its base and a third man is hammering on a pole in order to crush the victim's ankles. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579696i- Pictures
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A Chinese man lying on the ground is being scourged by order of a magistrate and his clerk; a man carrying the cangue around his neck as a punishment walks past. Engraving by T. Wallis after W.M. Craig, May 1805.
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764-1829.Date: May 1805Reference: 579732i- Pictures
A man's feet are tied to a pole held by two Persians as the soles of his feet are whipped. Wood engraving by F. Regamey, 1872.
Régamey, Félix, 1844-1907.Date: [1872]Reference: 586402i- Pictures
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A Chinese man with bound feet being led to execution by two Chinese men holding swords. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579708i- Pictures
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Various methods of torture: one victim lies in the "iron coffin of Lissa" while others are tied to the pillory or writhe in pain on the ground. Woodcut.
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A Chinese man seated with his neck fastened in a cangue or pillory; a whip at his feet and houses in the background. Aquatint by W. Alexander, 1814.
Alexander, William, 1767-1816.Date: Jany. 1814Reference: 579739i- Pictures
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A Chinese man with his hands bound behind his back and two red flags on his head is being whipped with wooden sticks, as he is led to trial by a man beating a gong. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579684i- Pictures
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Various methods of torture: one victim lies in the "iron coffin of Lissa" while others are tied to the pillory or are being stoned to death in the background. Woodcut.
Reference: 43363i- Pictures
A Chinese man kneeling on the ground and held by a man in uniform is being hit by a man wearing a similar uniform. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579693i- Pictures
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A Chinese monk having been found with a woman has his neck pierced with a chain and is whipped by another monk when he touches his neck. Engraving attributed to B. Picart.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 579727i