A Chinese woman sentenced to have her feet cut off is carried to the torturer; the judge is seated behind a desk. Wood engraving by L. Dumont, 1864, after L. Janet-Langer.

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[1864]
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579906i
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view A Chinese woman sentenced to have her feet cut off is carried to the torturer; the judge is seated behind a desk. Wood engraving by L. Dumont, 1864, after L. Janet-Langer.

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A Chinese woman sentenced to have her feet cut off is carried to the torturer; the judge is seated behind a desk. Wood engraving by L. Dumont, 1864, after L. Janet-Langer. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The torturer waits with a hand-operated guillotine to cut off the woman's feet

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[Paris] : [publisher not identified], [1864]

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1 print : wood engraving ; image 11.8 x 15.7 cm

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Supplice du dépècement. Dessin de Janet Lange d'après une peinture chinoise du temps des Mings ; L. Dumont

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Wellcome Collection 579906i

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