View of the Water Castle at Kanton

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View of the Water Castle at Kanton

Kitchin, Thomas / Nieuhof, Johan / Anoniem / Anonymous

View of the Water Castle at Kanton.

The Water Castle at Kanton from Nieuhof.

Bottom right: Vol. IV Plate 64 page 59.

Bottom left: No: 153.

The print has been copied from 'Het Gezantschap der Neêrlantsche Oost-Indische Compagnie aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, Den tegenwoordigen keizer van China' by Johan Nieuhof.

Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, inv. nr. 693 C 6 dl VII, opp. p. 32 and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. nr. RP-P-1908-2312.

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Is part of:

Kanton/Guangzhou

Creator

Kitchin, Thomas (engraver / etcher)

Nieuhof, Johan (copied after)

Anoniem / Anonymous (publisher)

Period

1745

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

14 x 18 cm14 x 18 cm

Number

3032 B 13, to. p. 64

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

ship / vessel, Asians, Africans & Americans, Person, survey / view, tanck / well / watering hole, building

Inscription

The Water Castle at Kanton from Nieuhof

Sources and literature

Green, John, A New General Collection of Voyages and Travel:: Consisting: Of the most Esteemed Relations, which have been hitherto published in any Language: Comprehending every Thing remarkable in its Kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America [...] (1745 - 1747)