Child, G.

Canton, the Great Wall and Chinese marriage processions feature in these prints by G. Child, an eighteenth-century British e...

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Canton, the Great Wall and Chinese marriage processions feature in these prints by G. Child, an eighteenth-century British engraver documented as active in 1746. The plates illustrate Thomas Astley’s New General Collection of Voyages and Travels, ranging from Tianjin’s fortress and the mountain scenery of Guangdong to figures the book describes as temple images. African plates take the group to Whydah, combining plants and animals with court dress.

Canton, the Great Wall and Chinese marriage processions feature in these prints by G. Child, an eighteenth-century British engraver documented as active in 1746. The plates illustrate Thomas Astley’s New General Collection of Voyages and Travels, ranging from Tianjin’s fortress and the mountain scenery of Guangdong to figures the book describes as temple images. African plates take the group to Whydah, combining plants and animals with court dress.

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