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Rise & Fall of the Canton Trade System Gallery: PLACES / cwC_1852c_E83553_Tea |
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Loading Tea at Canton, ca. 1852, The Canton waterfront is depicted from Honam Island where workers load a sampan with chests of tea. The 1847 church burned in 1856. Gouache on pith paper, Gift of the Estate of John Heard, 1931, E83532.28
Loading Tea at Canton, ca. 1852
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