A Chinese criminal locked into a cangue, 18th century

A Chinese criminal locked into a cangue, 18th century. His head is locked in the heavy wooden yoke, and the offence is written on a board. The punishment of tcha or cangue, Supplice de tcha. 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

 china 1822 18th Century Cangue French -  geographer J-b. Eyries Jean-baptiste Eyries La Chine Librairie De Gide Fils Manners And Mores Of The Chinese Moeurs Et Usages Des Chinois Offence Pillory Translator William Alexander Yoke

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