Antique Print-OBSERVATORY-CELESTIAL BODY-STARS-PEKING-BEIJING-CHINA-Child-1698

This print shows a view on the Observatory of Peking, Beijing in China. Different instrument are shown.

Made by after an anonymous artist.

Medium: Engraving / etching on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 34.2 x 23 cm (13.46 x 9.06 inch). Image size: 22.5 x 15 cm. (8.86 x 5.91 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light creases in upper margin. Stain in lower margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

OBSERVATORY-CELESTIAL BODY-STARS-PEKING-BEIJING-CHINA-INSTRUMENTS | RBOS-A10-12

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This print is published in Le Comte: ‘Voyage au Chine’ 1698.

Biography engraver: George Child (1706, fl. 1737-1753) was an English engraver, based in London.