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IMAGE number: BL3308623
Image title: Chinese pillory. A man sits under a tree with his head trapped in a Chinese pillory, watched by a young boy, another man, and an officer holding a whip; river and ships in the background. Signed with initials at bottom right. Pasted on mount with washlines. Described as 'The punishment of the Cangue. This instrument is an immense block of wood like a square table with a hole in the middle in which the criminal's neck is put'.
Location: British Library, London, UK
Medium: watercolour

Image description: [A collection of eighty views, maps, portraits and drawings illustrative of the Embassy sent to China under George, Earl of Macartney, in 1793; drawn chiefly by William Alexander, some by Sir John Barrow, Bart, some by Sir Henry Woodbine Parish, and one by William Gomm. Many of them are engraved in Sir George Staunton's Narrative of the Embassy, published in 1797.] Author: Alexander, William / Illustrator: Alexander, William [1793-1794]. Source/Shelfmark: Maps 8.Tab.C.8.17 1 drawing: watercolour; sheet 23 x 17.3 cm, on support 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: tree / China / Asia / watercolour / equipment / organisms / plants / asia / group of people / colours / people / watercolour / 18th century / headgear / punishments / headwear / hat / tree / nationality / ethnicity / stocks / plant / headdress / punishment / chinese / colour / painting / plantae

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