CHINA Album of a French military officer stationed at the Ar - Lot 121

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CHINA Album of a French military officer stationed at the Ar - Lot 121
CHINA Album of a French military officer stationed at the Arsenal de l'Est barracks in Tiensin, 1905-1909 : Important set of 53 photographs of Chinese Lingchi tortures, heads exposed in cages, prisoners in the cangue, decapitation, groups of French, German, English and Russian soldiers, Emperor Guangxu's funeral, Japanese families, women with small feet, international sports festivals, military reviews, mandarin, French cemetery, Chinese festival, Peking, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, July 14, German minister going to audience with the Emperor, Chinese small trades, school, Chinese women in winter costume, Monseigneur Favier, Temple of Confucius, monuments, observatory. Photographs. Album with approx. 255 citrate prints, accordion album with lacquer binding and partially missing decoration. Images: 7 x 10 cm to 15.5 x 21 cm; album: 27 x 35 cm The photographs show the latest executions and skin-cutting mutilations to have taken place in China, probably the last phase of the Fou-Tchou-Li torture in 1905. They are attributed to the Métifiot veterinarian stationed in Tientsin. They have inspired numerous works, including those by Dr. Matignon, L. Carpeaux and Georges Bataille.
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