Watercolour illustrations of Chinese punishments
Separately mounted, watercolour illustrations on Chinese paper. Each illustration depicts a different punishment or method of torture, including executions by strangulation and beheading. Painted in Canton. Undated [note: painting of decapitated head in bamboo basket includes Chinese inscription wit...
| Order number: |
CWML MSS 505 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
[19th century] |
| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWML MSS 505 |
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| Summary: |
Separately mounted, watercolour illustrations on Chinese paper. Each illustration depicts a different punishment or method of torture, including executions by strangulation and beheading. Painted in Canton. Undated [note: painting of decapitated head in bamboo basket includes Chinese inscription within the illustration giving the Chinese date of 7th year of the Qianqing period (Qing dynasty) - 1802]. |
| Extent: |
19 colour plates |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| Related material: | Similar sets of illustrations are held by the British Library. |
| Format: | Archive |