A Chinese woman sentenced to have her feet cut off is carried to the torturer; the judge is seated behind a desk. Wood engraving by L. Dumont, 1864, after L. Janet-Langer.
- Date:
- [1864]
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- 579906i
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The torturer waits with a hand-operated guillotine to cut off the woman's feet
Publication/Creation
[Paris] : [publisher not identified], [1864]
Physical description
1 print : wood engraving ; image 11.8 x 15.7 cm
Lettering
Supplice du dépècement. Dessin de Janet Lange d'après une peinture chinoise du temps des Mings ; L. Dumont
Reference
Wellcome Collection 579906i
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