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1. Add Or 5178

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Add Or 5178
Title:
Criminal brought to Justice. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Criminal brought to Justice Original inscription: 公堂審問 (Interrogation at the magistrate's hall) Depiction of a trial scene by the magistrate in Nanhai district, Western Guangzhou Prefecture in Guangdong Province. The magistrate sits on a horseshoe armchair behind a table, with two clerks stand...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 5179

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Add Or 5179
Title:
Taking Criminal to Prison. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Taking criminal to Prison Original inscription: 奉捉小手 (Catching pickpockets on order) Depiction of a criminal with his legs fettered with an iron chain, as he is being escorted to the prison by the district arresting officer. This image is part of an album of 12 paintings on pith paper, Add Or...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 5180

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Add Or 5180
Title:
Beating Mouth. Punishing false Witness. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Beating Mouth. Punishing false Witness Original inscriptions: 言糊打嘴 (Mouth slapped due to unclear statements) Depiction of a kneeling criminal being slapped on the mouth with a leather slapper by a standing lector in order to extract a truthful confession. A second officer is depicted kneeling ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 5181

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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

5. Add Or 5182

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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

6. Add Or 5183

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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

7. 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

8. Add Or 5185

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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

9. Add Or 5186

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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

10. 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