Period:Unknown Production date:1793-1796
Materials:paper
Technique:drawn
Subjects:chinese official eating/drinking
Dimensions:Height: 443 millimetres (album cover) Height: 234 millimetres (sheet) Width: 182 millimetres Width: 334 millimetres
Description:
Portrait of the Fou-yen of Can-ton; half-length, on the occasion of a dinner held by the Embassy on Jan 8th 1794, wearing a purple robe with an embroidered square on the front and a long string of coral beads around his neck, hands clasped together; from an album of 82 drawings of China Watercolour, ink and graphite
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![图片[1]-drawing; album BM-1865-0520.217-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_00166465_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-drawing; album BM-1865-0520.217-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01441543_001.jpg)
Comments:There is a list of descriptions of the subjects inserted in the front of the album. This drawing is described as: “25. Portrait of the Fou-yen of Can-ton, as he sat at an english collation given by the Ambassador to the Viceroy, on the 8.th of Jan.y 1794, in the Hall of the Company’s Factory at Canton, The Fou-yen is an officer next in command to the Viceroy, the ball on his Cap was of coral, which colour indicates the second order of Nobility, answering in rank to a Marquis with us – the highest colour’d ball is a transparent blood red. The imaginary bird embroidered on the badge against his breast shows him to be of the civil department, the beads over his neck are of coral – “There are three other versions of this watercolour: India Office Library collection, BL; Ashmolean Museum (with the artist’s monogram), Oxford; BL (additional manuscripts).For further information about the album, see comment for 1865,0520.193.
Materials:paper
Technique:drawn
Subjects:chinese official eating/drinking
Dimensions:Height: 443 millimetres (album cover) Height: 234 millimetres (sheet) Width: 182 millimetres Width: 334 millimetres
Description:
Portrait of the Fou-yen of Can-ton; half-length, on the occasion of a dinner held by the Embassy on Jan 8th 1794, wearing a purple robe with an embroidered square on the front and a long string of coral beads around his neck, hands clasped together; 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: “25. Portrait of the Fou-yen of Can-ton, as he sat at an english collation given by the Ambassador to the Viceroy, on the 8.th of Jan.y 1794, in the Hall of the Company’s Factory at Canton, The Fou-yen is an officer next in command to the Viceroy, the ball on his Cap was of coral, which colour indicates the second order of Nobility, answering in rank to a Marquis with us – the highest colour’d ball is a transparent blood red. The imaginary bird embroidered on the badge against his breast shows him to be of the civil department, the beads over his neck are of coral – “There are three other versions of this watercolour: India Office Library collection, BL; Ashmolean Museum (with the artist’s monogram), Oxford; BL (additional manuscripts).For further information about the album, see comment for 1865,0520.193.
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