A posed execution scene, Shanghai

Title : A posed execution scene, Shanghai

Topic : J.C. Oswald collection

Location : Unknown

Date (start) : 1870

Estimated dates : 1865-1870

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Caption on support : Execution

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Os04-019. Photo from an album (UoB reference Os04) kept in the School of Oriental and African Studies Archives, London (SOAS reference MS 380 876/4). This photo is reproduced in Clark Worswick 'Imperial China', page 63, with the caption: 'Attributed to W. Saunders: Execution Scene, Shanghai, 1870s.' Also reproduced in L. Carrington Goodrich & Nigel Cameron 'The Face of China 1860-1912' with the caption: 'Photographer unknown: Execution scene, c1860'. This is a scene set up by the photographer to illustrate an execution, using models. Photograph by William Thomas Saunders (1832-1892).

Keywords : Punishment;crime;photography