Three supporters of the Boxer Rebellion about to be executed at the command of the foreign alliance. Process print after F. de Haenen, 1900.

  • Haenen, F. de (Frédéric de), 1853-1928.
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[1901]
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579938i
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On 6 November 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion, Chinese officials who were thought to have sympathised with the rebels were executed by order of officers of the eight-nation alliance of foreign nations that had occupied China (Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States), though the United States did not assent to the executions

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[London] : [The graphic], [1901]

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1 print : process print ; image 23.1 x 30.3 cm

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The allies in China: the execution of three anti-foreign officials in Paoting-Fu. Drawn by F. de Haenen from a sketch by a British officer ... Lettering continues: "The International Commission, which was given full powers of life and death as regards the rebels at Paoting fu, sentenced three principal offenders to death. These were the Fentai, who did nothing to protect the Europeans and Christians, or to prevent the massacres of missionaries; the Tartar governor who encouraged and organised the Boxer movement; and the colonel of cavalry, Wen Chen Quan, who allowed the missionary Bagnall, his wife, and little girl to be massacred when they sought protection in his camp"

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Wellcome Collection 579938i

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