Vietnam: a man kneeling on the ground, about to be executed; man holding a sword standing next to him. Wood engraving by H. Thiriat, 1889, after C.E. Hocquard, ca. 1885.

  • Hocquard, Charles-Edouard, 1853-1911.
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1890
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579928i
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An episode described at length by Hocquard, loc. cit., who afterwards purchased the sabre used to decapitate the man

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1890

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1 print : wood engraving ; image 12 x 8 cm

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C.-E. Hocquard, Une campagne au Tonkin, Paris 1892, pp. 249-254

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Wellcome Collection 579928i

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After one of three photographs by Hocquard related to this execution, this one included in his portfolio of photographs published under the title 'Le Tonkin - vues photographiques prises par M.r le D.r Hocquard ... 1883-1886', Paris: Henry Cremnitz, [188-?] as no. 67 ("La décapitation (2me de la série)")

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