Vietnam: the headless body of an executed man lying on the ground; an official is holding the man's head. Wood engraving by H. Thiriat, 1889, after C.E. Hocquard.
- Hocquard, Charles-Edouard, 1853-1911.
- Date:
- 1890
- Reference:
- 579929i
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An episode described at length by Hocquard, loc. cit., who afterwards purchased the sabre used to decapitate the man
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1890
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1 print : wood engraving ; image 12 x 8 cm
References note
C.-E. Hocquard, Une campagne au Tonkin, Paris 1892, pp. 249-254
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Wellcome Collection 579929i
Reproduction note
After one of three photographs by Hocquard related to this execution, this one included in his portfolio of photographs published under the title 'Le Tonkin - vues photographiques prises par M.r le D.r Hocquard ... 1883-1886', Paris: Henry Cremnitz, [188-?] as no. 202 ("La décapitation (3me de la série)")
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