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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(s):
- Wright, George Newenham
- Publisher:
- London, Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co., n.d. [1843?]
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
View of a spectacular Limestone promontory forming an arch over the water, in the vicinity of Lake Taihu, Jiangsu province, China. In the foreground, dignitaries are about to board a small boat from a bank where a pavilion can be seen at some distance. The Dongting (a more current transcription than Tung-Ting) Mountains stand in the background.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, Asia, black & white, China, China: in a series of..., reference book, rock, traveling, Victorian