Hanoi, Vietnam: four seated men restrained by the cangue round their necks are being tried for violent crimes by the tribunal of the French resident; armed guards standing by. Wood engraving by H. Thiriat, 1889, after C.E. Hocquard.

  • Hocquard, Charles-Edouard, 1853-1911.
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1889
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view Hanoi, Vietnam: four seated men restrained by the cangue round their necks are being tried for violent crimes by the tribunal of the French resident; armed guards standing by. Wood engraving by H. Thiriat, 1889, after C.E. Hocquard.

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Hanoi, Vietnam: four seated men restrained by the cangue round their necks are being tried for violent crimes by the tribunal of the French resident; armed guards standing by. Wood engraving by H. Thiriat, 1889, after C.E. Hocquard. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"Le résident [i.e. de France] a des fonctions multiples qui exigent un personnel assez .nombreux. … C'est lui qui, avec l'aide des lettrés et des interprètes, procède au premier interrogatoire des rôdeurs, des pirates, des bandits de toute sorte que les agents de police l'amassent dans leurs rondes de nuit ou que les chefs de canton expédicnt, avec la cangue au cou, des villages environnants."--Hocquard, op. cit. pp. 68-70

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1889

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1 print : wood engraving ; image 15.7 x 23.8 cm

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Wellcome Collection 579896i

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After a photograph by Hocquard published with label and catalogue description "Un tribunal de simple police à Hanoi", and included in his portfolio of photographs published under the title 'Le Tonkin - vues photographiques prises par M.r le D.r Hocquard ... 1883-1886', Paris: Henry Cremnitz, [188-?], no. 95

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