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Title
A Chinese Torturer Pushes a Sharp Instrument into the Eardrum of a Prisoner
Date
c.1850
Medium
gouache on rice paper
Measurements
H 27 x W 35 cm
Accession number
582349i
Acquisition method
presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome
Work type
Drawing & watercolour
Wellcome Collection
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