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Chinese punishment for insolence to a superior, 18th century. The man is lashed with pantzee or bamboo stick and then pinned to a post by his ear with an arrow. A police officer holds a board painted with the crime, and a mandarin watches with tobacco pipe. The arrow punishment. Punition pour manque de respect. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries La Chine: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Chinois, China: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Chinese, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1822. Jean-Baptiste Eyries (1767-1846) was a French geographer, author and translator.

Chinese punishment for insolence to a superior, 18th century. The man is lashed with pantzee or bamboo stick and then pinned to a post by his ear with an arrow. A police officer holds a board painted with the crime, and a mandarin watches with tobacco pipe. The arrow punishment. Punition pour manque de respect. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries La Chine: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Chinois, China: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Chinese, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1822. Jean-Baptiste Eyries (1767-1846) was a French geographer, author and translator.
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Caption: Chinese punishment for insolence to a superior, 18th century. The man is lashed with pantzee or bamboo stick and then pinned to a post by his ear with an arrow. A police officer holds a board painted with the crime, and a mandarin watches with tobacco pipe. The arrow punishment. Punition pour manque de respect. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries La Chine: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Chinois, China: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Chinese, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1822. Jean-Baptiste Eyries (1767-1846) was a French geographer, author and translator.
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Print size: 59.3 × 41.2 cm | 2756.3 × 1917.7 in (300 dpi)
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