A Chinese prisoner kneeling on the ground is having his fingers tortured by three men. Coloured engraving by A. Freschi, 1812.

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15 May 1812
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579903i
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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. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (41 Pall Mall) : H. Stockdale, 15 May 1812.

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1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image 7.7 x 11.5 cm

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Putting the fingers to the rack ; A. Freschi sculpsit.

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Wellcome Collection 579903i

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After: plate to: [George Henry Mason], The punishments of China, illustrated by twenty-two engravings; with explanations in English and French, London: W. Miller, 1801, no. 10. "Torturing the fingers"

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