Original Antique Print of Chinese Street Punishments, 1859

Reference
JAK-533
Date
1859
Region
Asia
Category
Engraving
Sheet size
21.5 x 27.5 cm (8.5 x 10.8 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 220

Antique print titled 'No.1 Street Punishments'.

Print of Chinese street punishments. Shows a prisoner, his arms bound and flags attached to his ears, walking to the left down a street between a man with a drum and another man with a handful of rods with which he beats him. A fourth man with his hands tucked into his sleeves brings up the rear. This print originates from 'The Chinese Empire: historical and descriptive. Illustrating the manners and customs of the Chinese,in a series of steel engravings, from original sketches' by T. Allom

Artists and Engravers: Thomas Allom (1804–1872) was an English architect, artist, and illustrator, who published books on his travels from Europe to the Middle East and throughout Asia.

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