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Photo, Print, Drawing Chinese General, Circa 1810.

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Title

  • Chinese General, Circa 1810.

Summary

  • This work is one of a pair of original unsigned gouache watercolors, painted by an unknown hand and dating from the early 19th century, depicting a Chinese general and his wife. Shown here is the general, who is seated outside his tent. He is wearing an elaborate gown and holds a spear. The tent pole bears an oval shield with an animated and fearsome face above which a standard banner flutters in the breeze. To the left is a standard bearer standing with a command flag. The same shield appears in the portrait of the general's wife, but with a different banner above it. The watercolor is from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection at the Brown University Library.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1810.

Headings

  • -  China
  • -  1800 to 1899
  • -  Flags
  • -  Generals
  • -  Portrait paintings
  • -  Portraits
  • -  Shields
  • -  Tents
  • -  Uniforms

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 gouache; 33.4 x 46.5 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Brown University Library.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670464

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Chinese General. China, 1810. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670464/.

APA citation style:

(1810) Chinese General. China, 1810. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670464/.

MLA citation style:

Chinese General. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670464/>.