Period:Unknown Production date:1669 (circa)
Materials:paper
Technique:etching
Subjects:costume/clothing
Dimensions:Height: 92 millimetres (trimmed) Width: 170 millimetres
Description:
Two Chinese women standing in foreground in front of a heap of stones among which are arrows and standards; cavalry troops behind; illustration to Johannes Nieuhof’s ‘An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China’ (London: 1669, Figures IX, X and XI); letterpress on verso. Etching
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Comments:Many illustrations in Nieuhof’s book were made by Hollar, see New Hollstein 2038-2112.
Materials:paper
Technique:etching
Subjects:costume/clothing
Dimensions:Height: 92 millimetres (trimmed) Width: 170 millimetres
Description:
Two Chinese women standing in foreground in front of a heap of stones among which are arrows and standards; cavalry troops behind; illustration to Johannes Nieuhof’s ‘An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China’ (London: 1669, Figures IX, X and XI); letterpress on verso. Etching
IMG
Comments:Many illustrations in Nieuhof’s book were made by Hollar, see New Hollstein 2038-2112.
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