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

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, Old Bond-Street, by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St.-James's, 1801 [i.e. 1822?]

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Additional Authors
  • Mason, George Henry.
  • Miller, William, 1769-1844
  • W. Bulmer and Co., printer.
  • Howlett and Brimmer, printer.
Description
[54] pages, 22 leaves of plates : 22 hand-colored illustrations; 38 cm
Alternative Title
Punitions des Chinois
Subject
  • 1700 - 1899
  • Punishment > China > Pictorial works
  • Torture > China > Pictorial works
  • Criminal justice, Administration of > China > Pictorial works
  • Costume > China > Pictorial works
  • Crime
  • Manners and customs
  • Punishment
  • China > Social life and customs > 18th century > Pictorial works
  • China
Genre/Form
History.
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").
  • "Printed by Howlett and Brimmer, 10, Frith-Street, Soho"--Colophon, page [53].
  • A reprint, circa 1822, of the 1801 edition, which named W. Bulmer and Co. as printer on title page and in colophon. Howlett and Brimmer traded at the 10 Frith-Street address from approximately 1820 to 1835. Cf. British Book Trade Index (BBTI), http://www.bbti.bham.ac.uk/Detailswithsource.htm?TraderID=35581 (retrieved March 10, 2015)
  • NYPL copy: A few plates bear watermark: "J Whatman Turkey Mill 1822."
  • The paper in the Yale Center for British Art copy is watermarked 1822. British Art copy also has 1 p. of publisher's advertisements at end, from T. M'Lean, dated 1821.
  • Contains 22 full-page hand-colored stipple engravings by J. Dadley, each signed: "Engraved by Dadley, for W. Miller, Old Bond Strt., London, Jany. 1, 1801."
Indexed In (note)
  • Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature (1926-62 edition),
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.
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
SLO+ (Mason, G. H. Punishments of China. 1801)
OCLC
  • 701901377
  • 701901377
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, Old Bond-Street, by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St.-James's, 1801 [i.e. 1822?]
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.
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Chronological Term
1700 - 1899
Place of Publication
England London.
Added Author
Mason, George Henry.
Miller, William, 1769-1844, publisher.
W. Bulmer and Co., printer.
Howlett and Brimmer, printer.
Research Call Number
SLO+ (Mason, G. H. Punishments of China. 1801)
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