The corpse of an anarchist apparently killed by his own bomb, 1905

Title : The corpse of an anarchist apparently killed by his own bomb, 1905

Topic : Shanghai Municipal Police

Location : Beijing

Date (start) : 1905

Nature : Colorized Photo

Support image : Paper

Caption on print : Execution of a Chinese Anarchist

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: pe-s04. This grim post card published by Kingsmill, Shanghai, was sent from China by Harold Peck, to Bob Peck in Birmingham, England in c.1910. The somewhat wry message reads: "If you don't write me at once my spirit will come & haunt you and Jess until you both wax exceeding fearful. Rather a ghastly P.C. this. You will notice they are lopping off the gentleman's hands & feet & generally messing him about. Quite playful aren't they? My love to you & your sweetheart. H." Visit the Chinese Torture/Supplices chinois web platform (link below) for a full explanation of this image: This is a terrorist bomber, very likely Wu Yue 吳樾, who attacked the delegation of five ministers on the 20 September 1905, while they were leaving Beijing for a broad tour in the West to observe constitutional regimes. The bomber was instantly killed, and his hideously mangled body was photographed, and later presented as the result of a lingchi execution, with captions such as "hacked in piece". The caption on this post card would more accurately be 'An anarchist killed by his own bomb'.

Keywords : Peck;crime;accident

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