Pu-Quà. A Labourer. / Un Laboureur. Transporting two of the typically long and very thin bricks needed for construction on his one-wheeled light cart. Colored stipple by J. Dadley (active before 1797 – after 1803). Inscribed: Pu-Quà, Cantòn, Delin. / Dadley, London, Sculpt. 26.4 x 21 cm.
According to Lipperheide Le 21 after-engraving, here in reverse, about 1810 after Dadley’s work of 1799 (Lipperheide Le 17). – With explanation leaf in French-German parallel text.
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A large selection from Pu-Quà’s colored Chinese professions :
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