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[Beijing] Supreme Imperial Hall of Audience from Nieuhof.
G. Child Sculp.t.
[London, n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. 190 x 300mm (7½ x 11¾"), with large margins. Rust spot in inscription.
A scene showing the arrival of the VOC ambassasdors to Fulin, the Shunzhi Emperor (1638-61) in 1658. The ambassadors stand in the foreground with an ambassador from the Mogol Emperor, the emperor's guards lining the wall and a display of twelve snow-white horses on their route to the emperor's presence. The original view appeared in the account of the VOC's embassy to China (1655-7) by Johan Nieuhoff. From an edition of Astley's 'A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels'.
[Ref: 49636] £120.00
[London, n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. 190 x 300mm (7½ x 11¾"), with large margins. Rust spot in inscription.
A scene showing the arrival of the VOC ambassasdors to Fulin, the Shunzhi Emperor (1638-61) in 1658. The ambassadors stand in the foreground with an ambassador from the Mogol Emperor, the emperor's guards lining the wall and a display of twelve snow-white horses on their route to the emperor's presence. The original view appeared in the account of the VOC's embassy to China (1655-7) by Johan Nieuhoff. From an edition of Astley's 'A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels'.
[Ref: 49636] £120.00