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?.

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1780-1880
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573878i
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Chinese justice and methods of punishment
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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?. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1780-1880

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1 painting (album leaf 7) : gouache on rice paper ; image 19.5 x 31.3 cm

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Wellcome Collection 573878i

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