ID: 53
Ressource_Provider: Miss Turandot
Title: Album Giuseppe Messerotti Benvenuti
DocumentNature: Photograph
Topic: Bamboo beating 笞杖
Description: The photos here collected were shot by an Italian Official during two years (1900-1901) he lived in North China, mainly around Tianjin and Pekin. This set gives some examples of Chinese punishments before their abolition, such as the cangue, the beheading by sword, and the exposure of severed heads on the public street.
Particulars: All pictures come with a description written by the photographer himself, under form of letters sent to his family at home.

Bibliography
  1:Name: MESSEROTTI BENVENUTI, Giuseppe Un italiano nella Cina dei Boxer - Lettere e fotografie (1900-1901)

Biography
  1:Family_Name: MESSEROTTI BENVENUTI Giuseppe

Photographs

	1:Title: Cangues in China (1900)
	2:Title: Beijing 1901, Beheading of a Boxer 1
	3:Title: Beijing 1901, Beheading of a Boxer 2
	4:Title: Beijing 1901, Beheading of a Boxer 3
	5:Title: Beijing 1901, Beheading of a Boxer 4
	6:Title: Beijing 1901, Beheading of a Boxer 5
	7:Title: Heads in cages
	8:Title: Heads in cages on a tripod

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