Fishmonger
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
Additionally
- Type
- album sheet
- Genre
- genre art
- Provenance
- Purchased from a private individual
- Exposition
- Zolochiv Castle (Chinese Palace)
Information about author
Information about author
Object description
A man sits barefoot, wearing a blue sleeveless shirt and short knee-length brown trousers. The man's head is shaved bald, and thin strands of hair emerge from the top of his head, wrapping around it. He slices the fish on a round straw tray with a broad knife. Behind the man, two low wooden barrels of fish stand on top of each other. The etching comes from the album "Customs and National Costumes of the Chinese", which includes 60 images of Chinese people engaged in various activities. An explanation in German accompanies each image; some are written in French. In the 18th century, artists in Canton (Guangzhou) in southern China created these paintings for Europeans eager to learn more about China and its people.
Inscriptions
In the lower left corner is a calligraphic inscription in Indian ink, "Pu-Qua. Canton. Delin.". In the lower right corner is an inscription, "Dadley. London. Sculpt". In the upper right corner is the number "17".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
