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71. Add Or 5181

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5181
Title:
Torturing. Method of extracting the truth. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Torturing. Method of extracting the truth Original inscriptions: 忽吊成招 （Hanging and thus confessing） Depiction of two criminals being tied and suspended on a rope; the one on the left has both hands and feet tied behind his back; the one the right has only his hands tied behind his back, his fe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

72. Add Or 5182

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5182
Title:
In prison. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
In prison Original inscription: 永無赦日 (the day of pardon will never come) Depiction of two criminals separately locked to a circular metal plate. The one on the left is standing, with a metal chain around his neck. The one on the right is sitting on the circular metal plate, hugging his knees. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

73. Add Or 5183

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5183
Title:
Extracting the sinews. Punishment for Offence. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Extracting the sinews. Punishment for Offence Original inscription: 抽觔（筋）不走 (Extracting the Sinews. Punishment for Offence) Depiction of the cutting of the ham-strings to prevent the criminal from escaping. The criminal lies face down on a wooden board, while two clerks hold his hand and his f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

74. Add Or 5184

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5184
Title:
Flogging with Red Hot Chain. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Flogging with Red Hot Chain Original inscription: 火鏈刑身 (Punishment with a Red Hot Chain) Depiction of a bare-chested prison tied to a vertical wooden pool, about to be whipped by a hot red iron chain fixed to a wooden handle. The chain is being heated on a small fire by a clerk. This image is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

75. Add Or 5185

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5185
Title:
Torture. Extracting the truth. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Torture. Extracting the truth
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

76. Add Or 5186

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5186
Title:
Punishing a Bad Wife. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Punishing a Bad Wife Original inscription: 夾指問淫(Applying pressure to the fingers to interrogate promiscuity) Depiction of two men using a "finger crusher" (a Qing Dynasty torture tool) on a kneeling woman. The tool is made of five cylidrical pieces of wood tied together with a rope, which can ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

77. Add Or 5187

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5187
Title:
Strangulation. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Strangulation Original inscription: 議絞全屍 (Judgement of strangulation so that the corpse remains whole) Depiction of a criminal tied to a wooden cross and being strangled with a rope. On the ground are leg fetters and a wooden board inscribed with the words "By imperial decree, criminal condemn...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

78. Add Or 5188

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5188
Title:
Beheading. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Beheading Original inscription: 十惡殺頭 (convicted of one of the ten great wrongs and beheaded) Depiction of a kneeling criminal about to be beheaded. One officer squats behind the criminal and hols his shoulder; a second officer is depicted lifting a sword. The criminal has the board of infamy t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

79. Add Or 5189

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5189
Title:
Capt. Anstruther. Transporting from and to prison. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Capt. Anstruther. Transporting from and to prison Original inscription: 上囚赴解 (Carting the prisoner to a certain place) Depiction of two soldiers carrying a prisoner in a wooden cage. On the upper garnment of the left soldier, there are the characters "Brave of the Right Brigade", identifying h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

80. EAP012/1/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP012/1/1/1
Title:
Music Sheet
Scope & Content:
Title as it appears on the manuscript: 元谋洞経音乐 Transliterated title: Yuanmou dong jing yin yue Digital images of Dongjing music scores from Yuanmou County. The transcript was made by the Chuxiong Museum in the 1990s. The scores are written in jianpu notation.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1990s
Extent:
59 TIFF images

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