Chinese artists
Chinese artists at work in a studio in Hong Kong. From left, one artist is painting a miniature from a daguerrotype. The middle man is enlarging a picture to produce a portrait in oils, while the third is painting a view of Hong Kong for some merchant captain'. The ILN comments how, "their forte is copying minatures from photographs; this they do to perfection, having been taught by Europeans."
Picture No
13534658
Media ID
48539751
Size
5933px x 3840px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed engraving in The Illustrated London News', 30 April 1859, page 428
Date
1859
