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[Photographic Copy of a Drawing of an Execution by Charles Wirgman]
Creator
Felice BeatoPhotographer · 1832–1909
All works by this person →Felice Beato was the first photographer to devote himself entirely to photographing in Asia and the Near East. He photographed in Japan, India, Athens, Constantinople, the Crimea, and Palestine. He settled in Yokohama and from 1863 to 1877 made hundreds of ethnographic portraits and genre scenes in Japan. He eventually opened a furniture and curio business in Burma. Beato's photographic career was
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- December 1864
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- English
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 0c3726a6-8653-4542-a1cb-2b155e6ef7c5
From the Getty Museum record
Photographic reproduction of a drawing by Charles Wirgman, depicting a street parade leading to public execution that is about to take place. The condemned man, Shimizu Seiji, sits on a horse with his hands tied behind his back, following a group of men and soldiers carrying rifled muskets, while a large crowd gathered along the sides of the street. Visible in the foreground are spectators wearing traditional Japanese and Chinese garments, as well as western-style clothing.
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