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LL/14976
Unidentified photographer
1880 (ca)
Criminal condemned to die by strangulation, China

Albumen print
9.75 in (24.76 cm) x 8.25 in (20.95 cm)
 
Antiq-Photo
Courtesy of Anthony Davis (3jc576)
 
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.
 
LL/14976


 

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