China.- Chinese Export School (circa 1830s) A souvenir album with 53 fine original watercolours, including 14 portraits of noble men and women, 17 of flowers, insects and birds, 13 of junks and sailing ships, 8 full-page landscapes, and a single sheet of studies of table stands and furniture, watercolour and bodycolour on various coloured papers, each inscribed in Chinese, some leaves with embossed decoration, each leaf approx. 160 x 100 mm. (6 1/4 x 4 in), with owner's dedication front free endpaper that reads 'Eleanor/ Gould?brough/ from her Bro./ William/ Canton/ May 21.1838', some handling creases and minor surface dirt, contemporary black roan embossed with elaborate decoration of putto playing a harp, splitting to spine, worn, 8vo, [1830s] ⁂ A particularly fine collection of souvenir watercolours. Views include: 'The French and US factories at Canton', 'Canton with 'Tiger's Mouth' (entrance to Canton)', 'Whampoa Reach', and 'Macao Waterfront', with other regional landscapes featuring fishermen.
China.- Chinese Export School (circa 1830s) A souvenir album with 53 fine original watercolours, including 14 portraits of noble men and women, 17 of flowers, insects and birds, 13 of junks and sailing ships, 8 full-page landscapes, and a single sheet of studies of table stands and furniture, watercolour and bodycolour on various coloured papers, each inscribed in Chinese, some leaves with embossed decoration, each leaf approx. 160 x 100 mm. (6 1/4 x 4 in), with owner's dedication front free endpaper that reads 'Eleanor/ Gould?brough/ from her Bro./ William/ Canton/ May 21.1838', some handling creases and minor surface dirt, contemporary black roan embossed with elaborate decoration of putto playing a harp, splitting to spine, worn, 8vo, [1830s] ⁂ A particularly fine collection of souvenir watercolours. Views include: 'The French and US factories at Canton', 'Canton with 'Tiger's Mouth' (entrance to Canton)', 'Whampoa Reach', and 'Macao Waterfront', with other regional landscapes featuring fishermen.
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