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This album leaf is a part of a 48-page album that depicts Chinese subjects participating in various aspects of daily life, including government business, daily life, cultural customs, modes of transportation, and corporal punishment. The ink and watercolour scene on this leaf shows a man (the “thief”) being punished with a large stick, possibly made of bamboo, by three officials. Two of the officials hold the man on the ground, where he is being struck on his buttocks by a third official. The officials wear hats with red tassels and small finials, which are a typical part of officials’ costumes in the Qing dynasty. The man being punished has the top and sides of his head completely shaved with a long braid down the back (a “queue”), which was a regulated Manchu hairstyle during the Qing dynasty.