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Subject Cangue

1. 1787.d.7, 3(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(13)
Title:
The caingue punishment. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a kneeling man, wearing the caingue, a square wooden collar, with the wrong-doer's crime proclaimed on a card on the front of the board: 'The caingue...is one of the lighter punishments of China, inflicted for minor offences, such as petty...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1188(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1188(31)
Title:
A chain gang in China—in the throroughfare wearing 'cangues,' which record their crimes, Soo-chow. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1224/3(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(57)
Title:
Men in Cangue. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of two men, undergoing the punishment of the 'cangue'. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No.31.-The Cangue. The kia, or cangue, is a wooden frame, weighing about 201lbs, which is bolted round the neck of criminals convicted of certain minor offences. It rests on ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item