[View of the front of the hongs of Canton]

Creator:

Spoilum (Guan Zuolin), fl. 1765-1805

Published/Created:

after 1807

Notes:

"The painting is a companion with the trial of the sailors of the ship Neptune, and known in several versions. This view is perhaps one of the most revealing of the early views of Canton, since it gives an extremely accurate close-up of the fa?ades of the

Topics:

Painting -- China -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1911 -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Qing dynasty, 1644-1912

Culture:

Chinese

Accession Number:

256603

Genre:

paintings (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Paintings & Drawings

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Crossman, Decorative Arts of the China Trade, 1991

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Winterthur, DE: Winterthur Museum

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 5036

OID:

303433

PID:

digcoll:2158367