Great Wall of China

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The Great Wall of China.

Artist

Name:: Allom, Thomas
Dates:: 1804-1872
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Landscapes & Places
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Engraver:: Sands, James
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: China: in a series of views, displaying the scenery..., vol. 1
Author:: Wright, George Newenham
Publisher:: London, Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co., n.d. [1843?]
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Description:

Dignitaries in sedan chairs, accompanied by their escort, populate the foreground of a sweeping landscape of mountains, across which the Great Wall of China can be seen meandering.

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