Name: 7 Antique Prints-CHINESE-COSTUME-TYPES-NOBLEMAN-EMPEROR-LADY-SOLDIER-Wahlen-1844
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7 Antique Prints-CHINESE-COSTUME-TYPES-NOBLEMAN-EMPEROR-LADY-SOLDIER-Wahlen-1844

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Bonzes Chinois. L’Empereur de la Chine. Mandarin Chinois. Soldat Chinois. Dame Chinoise et sa suivante. Types Chinois. Marchand Chinois – Voiture a Voile. – Set of seven handcoloured plates showing Chinese men and women in traditional costume: a priest, the emperor, a nobleman, a soldier, a lady with her servant, several Chinese commoners, and a travelling merchant with a sailing cart.

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‘Bonzes Chinois. L’Empereur de la Chine. Mandarin Chinois. Soldat Chinois. Dame Chinoise et sa suivante. Types Chinois. Marchand Chinois – Voiture a Voile.’

Handcoloured lithograph, heightened with Arabic gum on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 16,7 x 26,1 cm. (6,6 x 10,3 inch). Image size: 12 x 19 cm. (4,7 x 7,5 inch).

From the Asia volume of “Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples de Monde” by Auguste Wahlen. This was published in Paris: Poiree, Pilout, Duterte and Martinon, 1844.

Made by an anonymous engraver after ‘Auguste Wahlen’. Author: Auguste Wahlen. Various artists are responsible for the illustrations, most notably Evrard Duverger, L. Markaert and R. King.

Condition: Good, given age. Faintly browned, and with some scattered small stains. One of the sheets with glue remains (from binding) in the left margin (not affecting image). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: CHINESE-COSTUME-TYPES-NOBLEMAN-EMPEROR-LADY-SOLDIER

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