Period:Unknown Production date:1830
Materials:paper
Technique:mezzotint
Dimensions:Height: 630 millimetres Width: 468 millimetres
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Portrait; seated in front of a table with a large open book on stand, and a closed book with bookmark between pages; full-length to left, facing front, looking towards right; wearing a dark ornate gown over coat, white collar and necktie; holding a large sheet of paper lettered with “Collegium Anglo senicum MDCCCXVIII” and “Anglo Chinese College”; his right arm resting on a book on a table, at which an elderly Chinese man is seated, writing on paper with a brush, watched by a young Chinese man, holding a paper lettered with Chinese script; college cap and book lettered “Chinese Dictionary” on table; globe on stand in foreground to left; after Chinnery. 1830 Mezzotint
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Materials:paper
Technique:mezzotint
Dimensions:Height: 630 millimetres Width: 468 millimetres
Description:
Portrait; seated in front of a table with a large open book on stand, and a closed book with bookmark between pages; full-length to left, facing front, looking towards right; wearing a dark ornate gown over coat, white collar and necktie; holding a large sheet of paper lettered with “Collegium Anglo senicum MDCCCXVIII” and “Anglo Chinese College”; his right arm resting on a book on a table, at which an elderly Chinese man is seated, writing on paper with a brush, watched by a young Chinese man, holding a paper lettered with Chinese script; college cap and book lettered “Chinese Dictionary” on table; globe on stand in foreground to left; after Chinnery. 1830 Mezzotint
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