乔治·亨利·梅森
记录中国风俗与刑罚
乔治·亨利·梅森是一名英国陆军军官,曾于1795年由东印度公司晋升为第102步兵团(皇家马德拉斯燧发枪团)少校,后于1801年晋升为中校。梅森曾于1789年前往广州。当时广州是中国仅有的两个允许外人合法通商的城市之一,梅森珍惜这次机会,向英国那些足不出户、眼界狭隘却充满好奇的“扶手椅游客”提供关于这片“异域”外邦的“部分知识和总体娱乐”。他撰写了两部颇具影响力的著作:《中国服饰》(1800年)和《中国刑罚》(1801年)。
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Artworks by this artist (23 total)
- A culprit conducted to trial 1801
- A malefactor chained to an iron bar 1801
- A culprit before a magistrate 1801
- Conducting an offender into banishment 1801
- The rack 1801
- The punishment of the wooden collar 1801
- Woman making embroidery 1800
- Punishing an interpreter 1801
- Punishing a boatman 1801
- Torturing the fingers 1801
- Close confinement 1801
- The capital punishment of the cord 1801
- Twisting a man’s ears 1801
- Punishmnent of the swing 1801
- An offender undergoing the Bastinade 1801
- A culprit conveyed to prison 1801
- The manner of beheading 1801
- A malefactor in a cage 1801
- Hamstringing a malefactor 1801
- Burning a man’s eyes with lime 1801