An executioner raises his sword as he prepares to sever the head of one of two ring leaders of a band of pirates who attacked the houseboat Helvetia in Canton, a group of soldiers in parade stand behind and in the foreground a group of on-lookers. Photogravure after A. Michie after a drawing by F.C. Dickinson ca. 1880.
Dickinson, F.C. | Date: [1880?] | Reference: 586381i