COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader_Chinese Drawings_1
Reference Number:
Chinese Drawings 1
Series Title:
Crawford Chinese Collection - Illustrations
Parent Work Title:
Chinese Punishments
Date Created:
[date not identified]
Description:
Chinese album of twelve watercolours depicting different types of punishment. Each painting is set within a blue silk frame. Sets of 'Punishments of China' were on sale in London in 1801.
Subject:
Punishment
Subject:
Art, Chinese
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Medium:
Watercolour (paint)
Support:
Pith paper
Support:
Silk (textile)
Places Covered:
China
Item Height:
220 mm
Item Width:
320 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
Access Rights:
References:
Zheng Yaying and John B.W. Deane, Handlist of the Chinese Collections in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester (unpublished catalogue, 1991)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2020-02-19
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2022-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands