COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
mediaCollectionId
Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
JRL021869tr
image_number
JRL021869tr
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Chinese Drawings 56
reference_number
Chinese Drawings 56
Reference Number
false
Image Title:
Chi You
title
Chi You
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Chinese Drawings: Historical Illustrations
title_larger_entity
Chinese Drawings: Historical Illustrations
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Crawford Chinese Collection: Illustrations
title_l_e_variant
Crawford Chinese Collection: Illustrations
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
18th century [late]
date_created
18th century [late]
Date Created
false
Page/Sheet:
Plate 51
page
Plate 51
Page/Sheet
false
Image Sequence Number:
051
image_sequence_number
051
Image Sequence Number
false
Description:
Illustrated: painting: Chi You (a legendary rebel) made a big mist; Emperor Huang Di [2697 - 2597 BCE] made a vehicle with a wooden figure always pointing south (an early compass) & killed him. Depictions of Chinese myth, fables & historical events. Eighteenth century.
description
Illustrated: painting: Chi You (a legendary rebel) made a big mist; Emperor Huang Di [2697 - 2597 BCE] made a vehicle with a wooden figure always pointing south (an early compass) & killed him. Depictions of Chinese myth, fables & historical events. Eighteenth century.
Description
false
Subject:
Death
subject
Death
Subject
false
Subject:
Art, Chinese
subject
Art, Chinese
Subject
false
Subject:
Folklore
subject
Folklore
Subject
false
Subject:
Art
subject
Art
Subject
false
Subject:
China--History
subject
China--History
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
technique
Painting (image-making)
Technique Used
false
Creation Site:
China: Canton
location_creation_site
China: Canton
Creation Site
false
Culture:
Cantonese
culture
Cantonese
Culture
false
Culture:
Miao
culture
Miao
Culture
false
Places Covered:
China
spatial_coverage
China
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Emperor Huang Di, 2697-2597 BCE
people_covered
Emperor Huang Di, 2697-2597 BCE
People Covered
false
Item Height:
460 mm
item_height
460 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
590 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
former_repository
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
References:
Zheng Yaying and John B.W. Deane, Handlist of the Chinese Collections in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester (unpublished catalogue, 1991)
references
Zheng Yaying and John B.W. Deane, Handlist of the Chinese Collections in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester (unpublished catalogue, 1991)
References
false
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, August 2003
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
collection_code
Rylands
Collection Code
false