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Subject Punishment Devices

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. 1787.d.7, 3(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(14)
Title:
The cage punishment. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a of a criminal encased in a wooden framework, from which his neck projects, 'so constructed that the prisoner has the choice of either suspending himself by the neck to relieve his toes, which just touch the board, or of standing on his t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

3. Godwin Photo 12/1(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 12/1(39)
Title:
The skull of John Breads preserved in a gibbet cage in the Town Hall, Rye. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '4308-2 / Rye'. Genre: Still Life Photography The gibbet hangs from a beam in the corner of a room; the skull is suspended inside. The protective cover shows the crop lines and reproduction measurements. Published on page 45 of ‘Romney Marsh and the Royal Milit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1979
Extent:
1 item

4. Godwin Photo 17/1(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 17/1(58)
Title:
Littlecote, [Wiltshire]. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '7155.3.14 / N / can crop / Print OK'. Genre: Portrait Photography A woman has her head and hands secured in a mock pillory. Published on page 160 of 'Our Forbidden Land' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1990). Image size 127 x 189 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1989
Extent:
1 item

5. Godwin Photo 28/2(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 28/2(38)
Title:
Gibbet, Rye. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography The gibbet hangs from a beam in the corner of a room; the skull is suspended inside. Published on page 45 of ‘Romney Marsh and the Royal Military Canal' (London: Wildwood House, 1980). Reproduction instructions on verso: ‘Can use small, but there’s a wonderful capt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1979
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1188(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1188(21)
Title:
One of China'a most terrible methods of death punishment, Shanghai. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
From the photographer's (Ricalton) note printed on back of the card: 'This notorious pirate killed several persons. The last offense was the gouging out of a man's eyes. He is placed in this cage with with planks coming snugly around his neck; several flat stones are placed under his feet. He st...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

7. 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

8. 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