Album: Views of South China, cover

An image of Album: Views of South China. Album containing 4 watercolours on pith paper (folios 1-4) illustrating the journey down the River Pearl made by Western merchant ships. Folios 5-12 are blank. Youqua (Chinese, ac.1840-1870). Paper and silk, height 250 mm, width 337 mm, 19th Century. Export album made for the Western market.

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Album: Views of South China. Album containing 4 watercolours on pith paper (folios 1-4) illustrating the journey down the River Pearl made by Western merchant ships. Folios 5-12 are blank. Youqua (Chinese, ac.1840-1870). Paper and silk, height 250 mm, width 337 mm, 19th Century. Export album made for the Western market.

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Captured: 2011:06:15 15:07:49

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