Beheading--the capital punishment in China
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1561960
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Title
Beheading--the capital punishment in China
Collection
Chinese paintings on rice paper illustrating the treatment of crime in China
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1801 - 1900 (Approximate)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection
Shelf locator: MAG (Chinese paintings on rice paper)
Subjects
Painting, Chinese
Flags
Decapitations -- China
Clothing & dress -- China
Punishment & torture -- China
Capital punishment
Daggers & swords -- China
Genres
Physical Description
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 36803376
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13978622
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 568f5270-c628-012f-7c79-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Beheading--the capital punishment in China" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1801 - 1900. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/568f5270-c628-012f-7c79-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1801 - 1900). Beheading--the capital punishment in China Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/568f5270-c628-012f-7c79-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Beheading--the capital punishment in China" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/568f5270-c628-012f-7c79-58d385a7bc34
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