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ID: 711
Ressource_Provider: Muriel Détrie
Title: Grinding criminals in Hell
DocumentNature: Engraving
Repository: Turandot
Color: Black and white
Caption: Pagode des supplices infernaux à T'ien-tsin- supplice des incendiaires—Dessin de F. Bayard d'après un croquis de M. Trèves, Lieutenant de Vaisseau.
Topic: Various cruelties
Description: This is supposed to be the punishments for arson, in a representation of Chinese hell in a pagoda of the Punishments. Though the religious origin and meaning of the scene is for once faithfully mentioned, it is dubious that the reader held it for what it was : an imaginary punishment, which was never meted out in real justice.
Keyword: grindstone, death penalty, Hell, supplices, retribution

Bibliography
  1:Name: POUSSIÈLGUE, Achille Le Tour du Monde

Derniére modification le : 2007-12-19