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Curated Fine Art & Decorative Arts Collection

Thu, May 29, 2025 06:00PM EDT - Thu, Jun 19, 2025 08:00PM EDT
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Lot 24

Steel Engraving from "China Illustrated" 1850

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A steel engraving pulled from the 1850 reprint of "China Illustrated" that shows an example of rack torture. This image represents a scene observed during "The Overland Voyaged to China by Way of India" from the Wright/Allom book "China Illustrated"

Click here to read more about Thomas Allom's travels throughout Asia described in a post by "The Shelf" from Harvard that explores examples of their collection.

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