print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1855,0512.253
- Title
- Object: Mendians
- Description
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Four Chinese beggars, one sitting, one standing and holding a rock, a third kneeling with a small fire on his head, and a fourth prone on the ground and with a large block around his neck; landscape with hills and trees in the background; illustration to page 163 of Johannes Nieuhof, 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China', trans. John Ogilby, 2nd edition (London, 1673).
Etching
- Production date
- 1673
- Dimensions
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Height: 103 millimetres
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Width: 156 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See comment for 1855,0512.225.+
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1855,0512.253