T'Keysers Hof van binnen in Pekin. Le dedans du Palais de l'Empereur de Chine à Péking: P.13292-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

T'Keysers Hof van binnen in Pekin. Le dedans du Palais de l'Empereur de Chine à Péking
The interior of the Palace of the Emperor of China in Beijing

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blanckaert, P. van
Publisher: Probst, Georg Balthasar
Draughtsman: Unknown (After)

Entities

Perspective view

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1770

Note

Laid on card with the edges folded over the back and blackened 'margins', in a contemporary presentation for a 'Vue d'Optique' device. Extensively coloured throughout with scene extended beyond printed image on all sides; figures in the foreground cut and pasted from other prints; lettering almost completely obscured on recto. Plate number upper right: 270, Lettered 'Med. Fol. No. 67'

School or Style

German

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Etching

Inscription or legends present

Text: T'Keysers Hof van binnen in Pekin / Le dedans du Palais de l'Empereur de Chine à Péking at right: L'Interiore del Palazzo del Imperatore di China a Peking / Des Sinischen Kaisers Hof von Innen, zu Peking.
Location: Plate lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription