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A Chinese man is held on the ground by a man while another is hitting him with a wooden stick. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579704i
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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
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A Chinese prisoner being subjected to a flogging: the prisoner is shown being held in a kneeling position by one man, while another administers lashes to his back. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 573825i
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A prisoner's feet are tied to a pole as a man with a long stick beats the soles of his feet, Persia. Process print by C. Hentschel, 1896, after F. Dadd.
Dadd, Frank, 1851-1929.Date: [1896]Reference: 586391i
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M0013432: Iron Mask, c.1625
Date: April 1954
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Page 16: two images, one of a woman spinning, the other of two young Sikhs. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 27021i
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Monstrous metamorphosis : nature, morality, and the rhetoric of monstrosity in Tudor England / Kathryn M. Brammall.
Brammall, Kathryn M.Date: 1996
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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
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Recent object-lessons in penal science / with a bibliographical introduction, by A.R. Whiteway. [3d series].
Whiteway, A. R. (Augustine Robert), 1847-1902.Date: 1902
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A chicken-thief in Yunnan Province, China, punished by being attached to a tree by his arms, watched by a crowd of people. Halftone after F.W. Carey.
Carey, Frederic W., 1874-1931.Date: 1900-1999Reference: 579909i
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A poacher is ducked in a pond by a landowner as a punishment for shooting ducks. Lithograph after R. Seymour.
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.Date: 25 September 1834Reference: 43316i
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A Chinese man with a cangue around his left arm and right leg is about to be whipped. Wood engraving, ca. 1850.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 579740i
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A Chinese man imprisoned with bound hands and feet is reclining on a bench. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579702i
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A history of penal methods : criminals, witches, lunatics / by George Ives.
Ives, George, 1867-1950.Date: 1914
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Chinese methods of torture and punishment. Paintings by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582331i
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Criminal soldiers are caught in their hiding places in woods and brought to justice. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Date: [1730]Reference: 44130i
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A Chinese man with bound feet is tied to a stump by the neck with a chain and a tube of bamboo. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579700i
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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
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Prison labour, &c. : correspondence and communications addressed to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, concerning the introduction of tread-mills into prisons : with other matters connected with the subject of prison discipline / by Sir John Cox Hippisley.
Hippisley, John Cox, 1748-1825.Date: 1823
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Two Chinese prisoners, shackled to large weights: one prisoner sits on a bench tea, while the other fans the flames of a small furnace. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 573823i
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Mémoire sur les établissemens publics de bienfaisance, de travail et de correction, considérés sous les rapports politiques & commerciaux : présenté au Comité des secours publics de la Convention nationale, le 28 brumaire, l'an 2 de la République / par Jacques Dillon.
Dillon, Jacques.Date: [1793]
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The modern prison curriculum : a general review of our penal system / by R.F. Quinton.
Quinton, R. F. (Richard Frith)Date: 1912
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The enlightenment: humanity and scaffold.
Date: 1994
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Cain, or, the future of crime / by George Godwin.
Godwin, George, 1889-1974.Date: 1928
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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: 573878i
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A Chinese man is held on the ground by a man while another is hitting him with a wooden stick. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

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.

A Chinese prisoner being subjected to a flogging: the prisoner is shown being held in a kneeling position by one man, while another administers lashes to his back. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.

A prisoner's feet are tied to a pole as a man with a long stick beats the soles of his feet, Persia. Process print by C. Hentschel, 1896, after F. Dadd.

M0013432: Iron Mask, c.1625

Page 16: two images, one of a woman spinning, the other of two young Sikhs. Watercolour drawing.

Monstrous metamorphosis : nature, morality, and the rhetoric of monstrosity in Tudor England / Kathryn M. Brammall.

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.

Recent object-lessons in penal science / with a bibliographical introduction, by A.R. Whiteway. [3d series].

A chicken-thief in Yunnan Province, China, punished by being attached to a tree by his arms, watched by a crowd of people. Halftone after F.W. Carey.

A poacher is ducked in a pond by a landowner as a punishment for shooting ducks. Lithograph after R. Seymour.

A Chinese man with a cangue around his left arm and right leg is about to be whipped. Wood engraving, ca. 1850.

A Chinese man imprisoned with bound hands and feet is reclining on a bench. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

A history of penal methods : criminals, witches, lunatics / by George Ives.

Chinese methods of torture and punishment. Paintings by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.

Criminal soldiers are caught in their hiding places in woods and brought to justice. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.

A Chinese man with bound feet is tied to a stump by the neck with a chain and a tube of bamboo. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

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--?.

Prison labour, &c. : correspondence and communications addressed to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, concerning the introduction of tread-mills into prisons : with other matters connected with the subject of prison discipline / by Sir John Cox Hippisley.

Two Chinese prisoners, shackled to large weights: one prisoner sits on a bench tea, while the other fans the flames of a small furnace. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.

Mémoire sur les établissemens publics de bienfaisance, de travail et de correction, considérés sous les rapports politiques & commerciaux : présenté au Comité des secours publics de la Convention nationale, le 28 brumaire, l'an 2 de la République / par Jacques Dillon.

The modern prison curriculum : a general review of our penal system / by R.F. Quinton.

The enlightenment: humanity and scaffold.

Cain, or, the future of crime / by George Godwin.

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?.