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Views of The Pearl River Delta
Folios bound in soft-back covers, with silk covers and ties
Single-section pamphlet with unsupported sewing in a case of brocade over laminated paper boards. Album containing 4 watercolours on pith paper (folios 1-4) illustrating four major sites along The Pearl River (Zhujiang), the third longest river in China that flows through Guangdong into the South China Sea. By the end of the trading season, the Western merchant ships would leave Canton and travelled down the river to Macau. On their way, they would first pass by Whampoa and then Bocca tigris. Folios 5-12 are blank. Previously described as "Views of South China".
Height: 250 mm
Width: 337 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (1909) by Bothamley, Rev. H.
19th Century
Circa
1840
-
Circa
1870
Export album made for the Western market
Chinese
Chinese export art
Chinese export watercolour
Support composed of paper silk
Watercolour : Watercolour, bodycolour and ink with heightening in white on pith paper, laid lown with with strips of blue silk-covered paperw
Accession number: 4163
Primary reference Number: 185524
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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