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A Chinese floating town / Chinese Batsiangs, or Boats covered with Mats, the Rowers of which are clad in Cocoa Leaves: P.14316-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Chinese floating town / Chinese Batsiangs, or Boats covered with Mats, the Rowers of which are clad in Cocoa Leaves

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Cooke, John (London, C19th)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Given by Graham Pollard, 1964

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1964) by Pollard, J. G.

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1777

Note

Plate to C. T. Middleton’s, ‘A New and Complete System of Geography’, 2 vols., published by J.Cooke. Great Britain, c.1780. Inscription "Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography".

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14316-R
Primary reference Number: 206454

Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Monday 27 June 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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