| Unidentified photographer Criminal condemned to die by strangulation, China 1880 (ca) Albumen print 9.75 in (24.76 cm) x 8.25 in (20.95 cm) Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis (3jc576) LL/14976 Chang Tsang Hera, a criminal condemned to die by strangulation in a wooden cage. He has just been put inside the cage and the stones he is standing on are to be removed one each day, finally hanging the prisoner when there is nothing left to stand on.
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