Vue de Peking Capitale de la Chine, et de la Superbe Muraille qui la Separe de la Tartarie (View of Peking, Capital of China, and of the Great Wall which Separates it from the Land of the Tartars)
Anriques, French, 18th century
1750
Hand colored woodcut on paper
Sheet: 11 5/16 × 16 7/8 in. (28.8 × 42.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the Appleton 1794 Memorial Fund
PR.954.28
Geography/Culture
Europe, France
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Inscribed, in block, lower right margin: Anriques Sculp.; titled, in block, lower center margin: Vue de Peking Capitale de la Chine, et de la Superbe Muraille qui la Separe de la Tartarie.; inscribed, in ink, lower left: 34; reverse, stamped, in purple ink, lower left: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE / LIBRARY / APPLETON FUND; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower left: July 18, 1954; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower center: 11 x 16; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower right: $4.00
Provenance
The Book & Print Shop, Cora McDevitt Wilson (1880-1975), Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1954.
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