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Raree Show at Lin-sin-choo / G Paterson [artwork]

Title: Raree Show at Lin-sin-choo [artwork]
Artist: Paterson, G.
Genre: artwork
Date Created: ca. 1858
Physical Description: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches (20.6 x 27.0 cm.); image, without text: 5 x 8 1/8 inches (12.6 x 20.6 cm.)
Artist notes: after a drawing by Thomas Allom, architect and landscape painter, 1804-1872
Artist nationality: Unknown
Artist role: engraver
Original artist: Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872
Inscription: Recto: l. l.: (just beneath image) Drawn by T. Allom. ; l. r.: (just beneath image) Engraved by G. Paterson. ; lower margin: (center) Raree Show at Lin-sin-choo. ; (left, in French) Montre des poupées à Lin-sin-choo. ; (right, in German) Puppenspiel zu Lin-sin-choo. ; (bottom center) THE LONDON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED ; l. r. (in pencil) Chinese Flute Player ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil 1 50 ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/556
Medium: Etching and stipple engraving.
Condition: Good condition. Adhesive tape stains at upper left and right corner of sheet. Some very light foxing in margins and on verso. Bottom edge, which was originally the inner gutter from a book, has been trimmed unevenly. The platemark is not visible.
Provenance: Source not known.
Instrument: Bamboo flute, Drum, Cymbals
Century: 19th century
Subjects: Travel or Exploration/ Exotic Scenes; Literary source
Miller category: Japanese and Chinese
Miller ID: 0576/W
Repository: Music Division, Library of Congress

Last Updated: 07-07-2010

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