China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the ropes of the garrotte attached to her head. Photograph, 19--.
- Date:
- [between 1900 and 1999]
- Reference:
- 663453i
- Part of:
- China: execution by strangulation of a woman convicted of murdering her husband
- Pictures
About this work
Description
"Strangulation. The "slow strangulation" of a Chinese woman. She took fifteen minutes to die from the time strangulation commenced"--label attached to a copy of the final photograph in the series of six
Publication/Creation
[China.] : [publisher not identified], [between 1900 and 1999]
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 26.3 x 17.8 cm
Lettering
Strangulation of a Chinese woman
Lettering on typed slip stuck to verso of print catalogued
Bears number: 4
Reference
Wellcome Collection 663453i
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores663453i.2Location Status Access Closed stores663453i.1