Punishment of the Cangue

Attributed to John Thomson (Scottish, 1837 - 1921)

Dateca. 1870

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 7/16 × 2 1/8 inches (8.69 × 5.41 cm)
Mount: 4 1/8 × 2 7/16 inches (10.49 × 6.15 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.67.99

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InscribedPrinted captions on paper, attached to mount verso, in black type: "Punishment of the / Cangue. / Public Exposure in the Cangue is one / of the five legal punishments of the Chi- / nese Code. The Cangue itself is a wood- / en frame, weighing somewhere about / twenty five pound, which is fastened / round the neck, and rests on the shoul- / ders, and is broad enough to prevent / the prisoner from feeding himself / The name of the delinquent, and / his offence are attached, and his tail is / fastened so as to prevent escape, but the / punishment is not like others in the legal / Code, a painful one.-- / ¶ The offender is generally fastened / during the day to some public fastened / during the day to some public spot ad- / jacent to where his crime was committed, / and removed to prison at night.--"

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DescriptionHand colored image of man being punished with in a "Cangue" - a heavy wooden frame which is fastened around the neck and rests on the shoulders.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 26. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 29, 2019- August 25, 2019, no cat.

Provenance

Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.

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