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ID: 254
Ressource_Provider: Miss Turandot
Title: Press: legs
DocumentNature: Watercolor
Size_x: 25,5 cm
Size_y: 33,1 cm
Repository: Turandot
Page_number: 25
Color: Hand-tinted
Caption: 此中國營汎衙門拿住賊匪不說實供將賊人放於木橙之上用鐵練將腿繞住腳底下墊磚則能取其實言也 In the Chinese busy (or perverse?) official services, when they catch a bandit who does not truly confess, they put him on a wooden bench (?? 橙means "orange") and use an iron chain to tie his legs, and a brick to under his feet, thus they can force him to confess the truth"
Topic: Judicial Torture 拷問
Description: A man with collar chains and handcuffs lies on a wooden bench; a guard pulls his hair tail, and another has tied his knees with a chain on the bench and raised his heels by breaks. This method is used under examination.
Keyword: bench; chain; collar chain; handcuff; guard; examination
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Album Swann Supplices chinois
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1 Title: Album Swann
DocumentNature: Watercolor
Derniére modification le : 2005-11-09 |
