Apartment in a Mandarin’s House

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A Chinese lady sitting in an armchair is shown a length of cloth by a textile merchant

Apartment in a mandarin’s house, near Nanking.

Artist

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

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Engraver:: Wetherhead, William
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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A Chinese lady seated in a chair is shown a length of cloth by a textile merchant. Her husband stands behind her smoking a pipe, while a servant brings in tea and a nursemaid tends to their child.

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