Copyright: Turandot

ID: 327
Ressource_Provider: Jérôme Bourgon
Title: Stocks and iron bar
DocumentNature: Watercolor
Repository: Turandot
Color: Color
Topic: Chains and ropes (outdoor)
Description: A MALEFACTOR CHAINED TO AN IRON-BAR.

His neck is encompassed with a very wide cape of iron, which is fitted to his shoulders; his legs are fettered with iron shakles, and from these, as well as from the cape, a few links extend to the bar, which is about half a yard higher than his head. The links, sliding upon the bar, accommodate themselves to the motions of the prisoner; the small piece of plank, that is attached to the shackles, serves him for a seat. From the top of the bar, there depends a little board, upon which the name and crime of the malefactor are inscribed.
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UN MALFAITEUR ENCHAÎNÉ À UNE BARRE DE FER.
On lui passe au col un très-large collier de fer, qui s'étend jusqu'à ses épaules ses cuisses sont chargées de chaînes de fer, et de ces chaînes, aussi bien que du collier, quelques chaînes s'étendent jusqu'à la barre, qui est environ d'une demi-verge plus haute que sa tête. Les chaînons, qui glissent sur la barre, obeissent aux mouvements que fait le prisonnier. Le petit morceau de planche, qui est attaché aux chaînes, lui sert de siège. Du haut de la barre, pend une petite planche, sur laquelle sont écrits, le nom, et le crime, du malfaiteur.
Keyword: chain, iron bar, shackle, stock

Bibliography
  1:Name: MASON, George Henry, Pu-qùa (ill.), DADLEY (grav.) The Punishments of China, Illustrated by Twenty-two Engravings with Explanations in English and French

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