Chinese mandarin's barge
Chinese mandarin's barge. The mandarin takes lunch in the cabin waited on by servants. The two umbrellas are a sign of his authority. The boat's wide gunwales allow the sailors to traverse the entire boat without disturbing the passengers. From Samuel Holmes Journal of a Voyage to China and Tartary, 1798. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817
Picture No
12494683
Media ID
45761291
Size
5970px x 4361px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection





























