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Lot Essay
Balzer states this print comes from a book by Major George Henry Mason, The Costumes of China.
Details
Chinese Peepshow man
W. Miller, Old Bond St., London; hand-coloured engraving by Dadley after Pu-Qùa, showing a peepshow man operating the box for a child, published 4 May 1799, paper watermarked J WHATMAN 1820, 260 x 354mm.
W. Miller, Old Bond St., London; hand-coloured engraving by Dadley after Pu-Qùa, showing a peepshow man operating the box for a child, published 4 May 1799, paper watermarked J WHATMAN 1820, 260 x 354mm.
Literature
Richard Balzer (1998), Peepshows A Visual History, p. 72
Thomas Ganz (1994) Die Welt im Kasten, p. 81
Thomas Ganz (1994) Die Welt im Kasten, p. 81
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