- Bib ID:
- 7284940
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [China?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1840 and 1890?]
- 1 painting : watercolour ; 32 x 22 cm
- Series:
- Pith painting and trade art collections.
- Summary:
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A set gouache paintings on pith paper showing court figures and palace life in Qing dynasty China.
- Notes:
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- Original painting on pith paper.
- Part of the collection: Qing dai gong ting ren wu sheng huo hua ji = Album of court life and court figures in Qing dynasty, 1840-1890?
- Title devised by cataloguer based on the image.
- Watercolour on pith paper backed on plain mianlin paper, pasted down with blue silk ribbon.
- The album also contains the signature of its early owner Samuel Watson Steedman who was an English military chaplain who officiated at the opening of the British church in Canton in 1849 and became colonial chaplain in Hong Kong in 1852.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-148504894
- Donated by Gertrude F. (Jean) Williams.
- Subject:
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- Also Titled:
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- Mian zou sheng shang
- Reporting to the emperor
- Album of court life and court figures in Qing dynasty China. Reporting to the emperor
- 面奏聖上
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1960 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1890
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