A Chinese man kneeling on the ground is about to be beheaded with a sword. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

Date:
1 Jany. 1801
Reference:
579709i
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London (Old Bond Street) : W. Miller, 1 Jany. 1801.

Physical description

1 print : stipple, with watercolour ; image 20.5 x 24.5 cm

Lettering

Engraved by Dadley On a board are written his name, his crime and his sentence

Reference

Wellcome Collection 579709i

Reproduction note

After one painting in a series of paintings, presumably by a Chinese painter, collected by George Henry Mason (1770-1851) in Canton ca. 1789

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