u/chubachus

A tied up prisoner awaiting torture from a Chinese man heating up sections of a metal chain over a fire. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, c. 1850. [3251x2144]

u/chubachus — 5 days ago
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Miniature Chinese village playset said to have been purchased at the 1904 World's Fair Exhibition in St. Louis, Missouri. [6016x4000]

u/chubachus — 7 days ago

Color autochrome photo of the interior of the Nabataean Tomb of the Roman Soldier before it was cleaned up for tourists in Petra, Jordan, c. 1st century CE. Taken by a photographer of the American Colony, Jerusalem, c. 1920-1940. [4943x3652]

u/chubachus — 12 days ago

Watercolor painting commissioned to warn of the dangers of syphilis. By Richard Tennant Cooper, 1912.

u/chubachus — 12 days ago