Period:Unknown Production date:1793-1796
Materials:paper
Technique:drawn
Subjects:chinese soldier nut/seed leaf
Dimensions:Height: 443 millimetres (album cover) Height: 240 millimetres (sheet) Width: 186 millimetres Width: 334 millimetres
Description:
Studies of two heads depicting ‘Natives of Cochin China’; the upper head is of a soldier wearing a turban and with a sabre over his left shoulder, and the lower is of a middle-class man also wearing a turban; from an album of 82 drawings of China Watercolour, ink and graphite
IMG
![图片[1]-drawing; album BM-1865-0520.218-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01441544_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-drawing; album BM-1865-0520.218-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_PDB391416.jpg)
Comments:There is a list of descriptions of the subjects inserted in the front of the album. This drawing is described as: “26 Two heads of natives of Cochin China, the upper one is of a Soldier in a common Dress, with his sabre slung across his back. the under head was from one of the middle class, the lips of these people are remarkably red from the immoderate use of Betel & the areca nut, which custom is universal in this country – “For further information about the album, see comment for 1865,0520.193.
Materials:paper
Technique:drawn
Subjects:chinese soldier nut/seed leaf
Dimensions:Height: 443 millimetres (album cover) Height: 240 millimetres (sheet) Width: 186 millimetres Width: 334 millimetres
Description:
Studies of two heads depicting ‘Natives of Cochin China’; the upper head is of a soldier wearing a turban and with a sabre over his left shoulder, and the lower is of a middle-class man also wearing a turban; from an album of 82 drawings of China Watercolour, ink and graphite
IMG
Comments:There is a list of descriptions of the subjects inserted in the front of the album. This drawing is described as: “26 Two heads of natives of Cochin China, the upper one is of a Soldier in a common Dress, with his sabre slung across his back. the under head was from one of the middle class, the lips of these people are remarkably red from the immoderate use of Betel & the areca nut, which custom is universal in this country – “For further information about the album, see comment for 1865,0520.193.
© Copyright
The copyright of the article belongs to the author, please keep the original link for reprinting.
THE END
