China -- Pictorial works -- To 1900
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Wason Collection of Chinese export watercolors.
Collection
Identifier: 4500
Abstract
A collection of early Chinese export watercolors including "Street Trades," on paper with J. Whatman watermark, similar in format and subject to those published in an 1800 British work by George Mason, also including children's toys, boats, mandarins, butterflies, and Chinese scenes probably ca. 1790.
Dates:
1790 - 1900; Undated
Watercolors for Lord Macartney's embassy
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4467
Dates:
1792-1794.
William Alexander engravings
Collection
Identifier: 4510
Abstract
Four engravings of scenes of China published in 1796: "View of the Suburbs of a Chinese City," "View of one of the Western Gates of the City of Pekin," "View of the Lake Pao-Ying where it is separated from the Grand Canal by an embankment of Earth," and "View of Pai-Loo, improperly called a Triumphal Arch, and of a Chinese fortress."
Dates:
1796