A Chinese interpreter kneeling with a stick behind his knees is being tortured by two men standing on the stick. Coloured engraving by A. Freschi, 1812.

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30 May 1812
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579745i
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A Chinese interpreter kneeling with a stick behind his knees is being tortured by two men standing on the stick. Coloured engraving by A. Freschi, 1812. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] (41 Pall Mall) : I.I. Stockdale, 30 May 1812.

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1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image 6.8 x 10 cm

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Punishment of the false interpreter ; A. Freschi sculpsit.

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Wellcome Collection 579745i

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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. 8. "Punishing an interpreter" ("A punishment, decreed against interpreters, detected of wilful misinterpretation")

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