Canton, China: six men suspended by the neck in locked cages in public as a method of slow torture and execution for piracy. Photograph, 18--.
- Date:
- [between 1800 and 1899]
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- 663449i
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[China.] : [publisher not identified], [between 1800 and 1899]
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1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 22.4 x 13.9 cm
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Death cage - torture of six pirates in Canton, China
Lettering on typed slip stuck to verso of print catalogued
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Wellcome Collection 663449i
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