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Detail View: Rylands Collection:

Image Number: 
Bookreader_Chinese Drawings_1
Reference Number: 
Chinese Drawings 1
Series Title: 
Crawford Chinese Collection - Illustrations
Parent Work Title: 
Chinese Punishments
Date Created: 
[date not identified]
Description: 
Chinese album of twelve watercolours depicting different types of punishment. Each painting is set within a blue silk frame. Sets of 'Punishments of China' were on sale in London in 1801.
Subject: 
Punishment
Subject: 
Art, Chinese
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Technique Used: 
Painting (image-making)
Medium: 
Watercolour (paint)
Support: 
Pith paper
Support: 
Silk (textile)
Places Covered: 
China
Item Height: 
220 mm
Item Width: 
320 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
Zheng Yaying and John B.W. Deane, Handlist of the Chinese Collections in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester (unpublished catalogue, 1991)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2020-02-19
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2022-02
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands