Examination of a Prisoner. caption title

by China - Punishments. Antique Print, George Henry Mason

A$50 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. Circa 1860 . Stock ID #178392 Engraving 21.3 x 26.7 cm sheet , a few minor spots, edges darkened, top edge a little ragged, but otherwise in very good condition. This man is suspended by his shoulders and ankles, in a very painful situation : at intervals, two attending officers afford some trifling alle- viation of his sufferings, by supporting him with a bamboo,

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