Research Catalog

Title

The punishments of China : illustrated by twenty-two engravings : with explanations in English and French.

Author

Dadley, J.

Publication

London : Printed for William Miller ... by S. Gosnell ..., 1808 [i.e. not before 1817]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mason, George Henry.
• Miller, William, 1769-1844
• Gosnell, Samuel

Description

[54] pages, 22 leaves of plates : 22 hand-colored illustrations; 36 cm

Alternative Title

Punitions des Chinois

Subjects

• China
• Punishment
• Punishment > China > Pictorial works
• Pictorial works
• China > Social life and customs > 18th century > Pictorial works
• Criminal justice, Administration of > China > Pictorial works
• Torture > China > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

Pictorial works.

Note

• Published anonymously. Halkett (cited below) gives George Henry Mason as author; Mason's name is on title page of The costume of China, published by Miller in 1800. Mason, a British army officer, collected the drawings in Canton in 1789-1790, probably purchasing them from shops specializing in images for the export trade. Cf. preface to The costume of China; for detailed discussion, cf. The hypothetical mandarin / Eric Hayot. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009, pages 50-94 (chapter 2, "The compassion trade").
• Originally published in 1801, with publisher statement reading: Printed for William Miller, Old Bond Street, by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St. James's . The present edition is a later reprint of the 1808 edition, as shown by the watermarks.
• Watermarks in NYPL Rare Books copy: 1804 Edmeads & Pine; 1807 E & P; 1817 J Whatman; 1817 Turkey Mills J Whatman.
• Advertisement in Stanford copy 1 (RBC): 1 leaf at end, dated April 1818.
• Contains 22 full-page hand-colored stipple engravings by J. Dadley.
• Halkett cites the 1801 edition.

Indexed In (note)

• Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature (1926-62 edition)

Source (note)

• Lenox Library copy.

Language (note)

• English and French. Added title page, with title in French: Les punitions des Chinois : représentés en vingt-deux gravures : avec des explications en anglais et en français.

Provenance (note)

• Stuart Collection bequest to Lenox Library, 1892.

Contents

1. A culprit before a magistrate -- 2. A culprit conveyed to prison -- 3. A culprit conducted to trial -- 4. An offender undergoing the bastinade -- 5. Twisting a man's ears -- 6. Punishment of the swing -- 7. Punishing a boatman -- 8. Punishing an interpreter -- 9. The rack -- 10. Torturing the fingers -- 11. Burning a man's eyes with lime -- 12. A malefactor chained to an iron bar -- 13. Punishment of the wooden collar -- 14. A man fastened to a block of wood -- 15. A malefactor in a cage -- 16. Punishment of a wooden tube -- 17. Hamstringing a malefactor -- 18. Close confinement -- 19. Conducting an offender into banishment -- 20. A malefactor conducted to execution -- 21. The capital punishment of the cord -- 22. The manner of beheading.

Call Number

Stuart 1668

OCLC

85000795

Author

Dadley, J., engraver.

Title

The punishments of China : illustrated by twenty-two engravings : with explanations in English and French.

Imprint

London : Printed for William Miller ... by S. Gosnell ..., 1808 [i.e. not before 1817]

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature (1926-62 edition), volume 4, page 460

Language

English and French. Added title page, with title in French: Les punitions des Chinois : représentés en vingt-deux gravures : avec des explications en anglais et en français.

Provenance

Stuart Collection bequest to Lenox Library, 1892. NN

Source

Lenox Library copy. NN

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Place of Publication

England London.

Added Author

Mason, George Henry.

Miller, William, 1769-1844, publisher.

Gosnell, Samuel, printer.

Research Call Number

Stuart 1668