Research Catalog

Title

The punishments of China : illustrated by twenty-two engravings : with explanations in English and French.

Author

Dadley, J.

Publication

London : Printed for William Miller, Old Bond-Street, by William Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St.-James's, 1804 [i.e. not before 1819]

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Additional Authors

• Mason, George Henry.
• Miller, William, 1769-1844
• McLean, T. (Thomas)
• Wilson, William, active 1811-1839
• W. Bulmer and Co., printer.

Description

[54] pages, 22 leaves of plates : 22 hand-colored illustrations; 37 cm (fol.)

Alternative Title

Punitions des Chinois

Subjects

• Punishment > China > Pictorial works
• Costume > China > Pictorial works
• Criminal justice, Administration of > China > Pictorial works
• Torture > China > Pictorial works
• China > Social life and customs > 18th century > Pictorial works

Note

• Published anonymously. Halkett (cited below) gives George Henry Mason as author; Mason's name is on title page of The costume of China, published by Miller in 1800. Mason, a British army officer, collected the drawings in Canton in 1789-1790, probably purchasing them from shops specializing in images for the export trade. Cf. preface to The costume of China; for detailed discussion, cf. The hypothetical mandarin / Eric Hayot. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009, pages 50-94 (chapter 2, "The compassion trade").
• "Printed by W. Wilson, 4, Greville-Street, London"--Colophon.
• Originally published in 1801, with publisher information as above, except "W. Bulmer." "This is a late reprint, as is shown by the watermarks, of the 1804 edition [which named William Bulmer and Co. as printer on title page and in colophon] ... The text, but not the title-page, has been reset, and printed by Wilson instead of Bulmer ... It is likely that, despite the unaltered title-page ... [it] was in fact published by by Thomas M'Lean"--Abbey (cited below). Watermarks in Abbey copy: Text, 1818, J Whatman 1818; plates, J Whatman Turkey Mills 1819, J Whatman 1819, J Whatman 1820.
• Watermarks in NYPL copy: Text, 1816; 1818; 4 plates, Turkey Mills J Whatman 1819.
• Watermarks in HRC copy: Text leaves watermarked 1818; plates watermarked 1819.
• Contains 22 full-page hand-colored stipple engravings by J. Dadley, each signed: "Engraved by Dadley, for W. Miller, Old Bond Strt., London, Jany. 1, 1801."
• Halkett cites the 1801 edition.

Indexed In (note)

• Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature (1926-62 edition)
• Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860

Language (note)

• English and French. Added title page, with title in French: Les punitions des Chinois : représentés en vingt-deux gravures : avec des explications en anglais et en français.

Provenance (note)

• J.F. Selot (book label).

Contents

1. A culprit before a magistrate -- 2. A culprit conveyed to prison -- 3. A culprit conducted to trial -- 4. An offender undergoing the bastinade -- 5. Twisting a man's ears -- 6. Punishment of the swing -- 7. Punishing a boatman -- 8. Punishing an interpreter -- 9. The rack -- 10. Torturing the fingers -- 11. Burning a man's eyes with lime -- 12. A malefactor chained to an iron bar -- 13. Punishment of the wooden collar -- 14. A man fastened to a block of wood -- 15. A malefactor in a cage -- 16. Punishment of a wooden tube -- 17. Hamstringing a malefactor -- 18. Close confinement -- 19. Conducting an offender into banishment -- 20. A malefactor conducted to execution -- 21. The capital punishment of the cord -- 22. The manner of beheading.

Call Number

3-MMR+ (Mason, G. H. Punishments of China)

OCLC

15266872

Author

Dadley, J., engraver.

Title

The punishments of China : illustrated by twenty-two engravings : with explanations in English and French.

Imprint

London : Printed for William Miller, Old Bond-Street, by William Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St.-James's, 1804 [i.e. not before 1819]

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature (1926-62 edition), volume 4, page 460

Indexed In:

Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, entry 532

Language

English and French. Added title page, with title in French: Les punitions des Chinois : représentés en vingt-deux gravures : avec des explications en anglais et en français.

Provenance

J.F. Selot (book label). NN

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

England London.

Added Author

Mason, George Henry.

Miller, William, 1769-1844, publisher.

McLean, T. (Thomas), publisher.

Wilson, William, active 1811-1839, printer.

W. Bulmer and Co., printer.

Research Call Number

3-MMR+ (Mason, G. H. Punishments of China)