Pagode Chinoise a Macao. Chine.
Desiné par Lauvergne. Imp Lemercier, Bernard et Ce. Lith par Sabatier. Fig par Bayot. Arthus-Bertrand éditeur. London. Ackermann et Co. 96 Strand. [n.d., c.1840]. Lithograph with large margins. Sheet size: 325 x 490mm (12¾ x 19¼"). Repaired damage to top left corner of sheet. Plate 55 of Auguste Nicholas Vaillant's 'Voyage autour du Monde [...] 1836 et 1837[...] sur la Bonite' published in Paris and London between 1840-52, engraved by L. Sabatier after an original drawing by B. Lauvergne. A view of the A-Ma Temple in Macau. The view also shows the relief stone sculpture of a Chinese junk carved on a rock in the courtyard of the temple to the left. Various figures in traditional costume can be seen in the foreground.
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