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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1224 Language Not applicable Subject Punishment and Torture

1. Photo 1224/3(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(58)
Title:
An Execution. Photographer: Saunders, W.
Scope & Content:
With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No. 32.- Decapitation. Our artist has seized the moment when the culprit, half stupefied with opium, having been shot out of the cage or basket in which he has reached the ground, has his queue firmly grasped and pulled over his head by a man who wil...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1224/6(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(74)
Title:
Crucifixion and execution of rebels [Japan]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of a young Japanese man, crucified on a wooden cross.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1224/6(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(75)
Title:
Crucifixion and execution of rebels [Japan]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Numbered 2017 in the negative. View of a row of severed heads, displayed on wooden frames; the crucified figure seen in print 74 can also be seen in the background of this photograph.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

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