Légende

Jurisprudence, torture and punishment in medieval China, The Rack torture method. The victim of torture lying on a long table was handcuffed by the arms and legs. At one end, a hand lever wheel was used to slowly tighten a rope, with which the arms were usually tied in a sling, so that the joints were stretched or the bones of the tormented person were released from their joints, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century original, exact date of presentation unknown, historical

Crédit

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Notre référence

BRK26B05_048

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Libre de droits

Format disponible

35,1Mo (1009,3Ko) / 36,7cm x 23,9cm / 4338 x 2826 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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