After the executions of alleged perpetrators of Kucheng massacre

Title : After the executions of alleged perpetrators of Kucheng massacre

Topic : J.C. Oswald collection

Year : 1895

Location : Unknown

Date (start) : 1895

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Os04-085. Photo from an album (UoB reference Os04) kept in the School of Oriental and African Studies Archives, London (SOAS reference MS 380 876/4). No caption in the album for this photo of lookers on with seven decapitated corpses. Related to 1 August 1895 killings of 11 missionaries and Chinese Christians at Kucheng (Gutian Huashan, Fujian Province) by the 'Vegetarian' rebels.

Keywords : Oswald;criminal;punishment;execution;beheaded;spectators