COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL021869tr
Reference Number:
Chinese Drawings 56
Image Title:
Chi You
Parent Work Title:
Chinese Drawings: Historical Illustrations
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Crawford Chinese Collection: Illustrations
Date Created:
18th century [late]
Page/Sheet:
Plate 51
Image Sequence Number:
051
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.
Subject:
Death
Subject:
Art, Chinese
Subject:
Folklore
Subject:
Art
Subject:
China--History
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Creation Site:
China: Canton
Culture:
Cantonese
Culture:
Miao
Places Covered:
China
People Covered:
Emperor Huang Di, 2697-2597 BCE
Item Height:
460 mm
Item Width:
590 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
Zheng Yaying and John B.W. Deane, Handlist of the Chinese Collections in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester (unpublished catalogue, 1991)
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, August 2003
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
Chi You
