A condemned criminal in a cage, used for slow strangulation, Shanghai

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Pe01-036

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Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Pe01-036. This photograph by James A. Ricalton, was also reproduced on an Underwood & Underwood stereoview (c.1900). The man being executed was a river pirate. For the story behind this photograph, see 'James Ricalton's Photographs of China During the Boxer Rebellion' by Christopher J. Lucas (Edwin Mellen Press, 1900), page 114. See CP-s093 and Ta01-21.