Another Chinese method of torture: Three Chinese men torture a prisoner by extracting a vein from his lower leg. Gouache painting on rice paper, c. 1850. [3236×2232]
by chubachus
Another Chinese method of torture: Three Chinese men torture a prisoner by extracting a vein from his lower leg. Gouache painting on rice paper, c. 1850. [3236×2232]
by chubachus
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[Source.](https://wellcomecollection.org/works/tcc9gx93)
I find it odd how only the nationality of the torturers is specified. Is the prisoner implied to not be Chinese too? What was the context in which these were made?