Pu-Quà. A Chinese Woman. / Femme Chinoise. Lady of standing to the right in her dress with fan or parasol. Colored stipple by J. Dadley (active before 1797 – after 1803). Inscribed: Pu-Quà, Cantòn, Delin. / Dadley. London. Sculpt. 26.2 x 22.3 cm.
According to Lipperheide Le 21 after-engraving about 1810 after Dadley’s print of 1799 (Lipperheide Le 17). – With explanation sheet in German-French parallel text.
“ Cette femme parait être entre deux âges, et, par ses ornements et ses pieds, d’un rang au dessus du commun … Elle tient dans sa main (gauche) un éventail ou parasol, et dans sa main (droite) une fleur artificielle. ”
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