The punishments of China, illustrated by twenty-two engravings; with explanations in English and French
A 1801 London book by George Henry Mason, published by W. Miller and printed by W. Bulmer, presenting twenty-two hand-coloured engravings with English and French explanations of Chinese punishments. The pictures show officials in red and dark jackets with conical hats restraining kneeling prisoners in chains, on wooden frames, or held by the neck and arms. A designer might draw on their stiff, frieze-like groupings of figures against plain cream grounds, and on the contrast of saturated red, green and blue garments.
