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Rise & Fall of the Canton Trade System Gallery: PEOPLE / cwPT_1790c_2006AH3875_VA |
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A Glass painter, ca. 1790, Guangzhou, China. A man copying a European engraving on to the reverse of a sheet of glass. From a set of 100 depicting different trades and occupations in Canton. Paintings such as this were made for Europeans eager to find out
A Glass painter, ca. 1790
Victoria & Albert Museum
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