Chinese man bowing cotton, Qing Dynasty
Chinese man bowing cotton to remove husks, Qing Dynasty. He uses a bamboo frame to bow the cotton to remove dirt from the cotton down. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc. Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824
Picture No
12484158
Media ID
45918169
Size
4384px x 7282px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection





























