Caption

Portrait of four unknown Chinese men with a cangue around their necks, The cangue, photograph, page, China, c. 1884 - in or before 1894, photographer, paper, albumen print, height 104 mm x width 144 mm, Humiliation, A sepia-toned photographic print shows five seated and standing adults wearing wooden boards around their shoulders with rectangular openings framing their heads; the boards appear weathered with visible planks and fastenings, and two of the boards have small rectangular tags attached. The people display neutral facial expressions and are dressed in dark garments and layered clothing, with one person holding a brimmed hat in their lap. The background includes a wall and a tall window with mullions and a decorative vertical architectural element, and the image is set within an ornate printed border on aged paper.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A79_151

License type

Rights managed

Available size

21.6Mb (3.3Mb) / 10.8in x 7.8in / 3241 x 2326 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait four unknown Chinese men cangue necks photograph page China c 1884 - 1894 photographer paper albumen print height 104 mm x width 144 mm Humiliation sepia-toned photographic print five seated standing adults wearing wooden boards shoulders rectangular openings framing heads boards weathered visible planks fastenings two small rectangular tags attached people display neutral facial expressions dressed dark garments layered clothing person holding brimmed hat lap background includes wall tall window mullions decorative vertical architectural element image set within ornate printed border aged paper