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Concept

Garrote

Images

  • A Chinese man being garroted on a cross with a rope. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
  • A Chinese man being garrotted attached to a cross; two guards watching him. Wood engraving, 1857.
  • A Chinese man's head after garrotting exposed in a wooden cage hanging from a pole; his four children standing in front of it. Wood engraving, 1857.
  • The evolution of a muzzled bear chained to a post into a thug with a watch and garrotte stick; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
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Catalogue

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    China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the ropes of the garrotte attached to her head. Photograph, 19--.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1999] | Reference: 663453i
    Part of: China: execution by strangulation of a woman convicted of murdering her husband
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    A Chinese man being garroted on a cross with a rope. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

    | Date: 1 Jany. 1801 | Reference: 579707i
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    The evolution of a muzzled bear chained to a post into a thug with a watch and garrotte stick; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.

    Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829-1867. | Date: 1863 | Reference: 12108i
    Part of: The origin of species, dedicated by natural selection to Dr. Charles Darwin
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    China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the blindfold fastened over the garrotte. Photograph, 19--.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1999] | Reference: 663454i
    Part of: China: execution by strangulation of a woman convicted of murdering her husband
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    A Chinese man being garrotted attached to a cross; two guards watching him. Wood engraving, 1857.

    | Date: [1857] | Reference: 579912i
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