Man Carrying Firewood
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/47
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Man Carrying Firewood
- Date of creation
- late 17th – early 18th c.
- Country
- China
- Culture
- Far East
- Technique
- etching watercolour embossing
- Material
- Indian ink paper
- Dimensions (height x width, cm)
- 29.3 x 24.4
Additionally
- Type
- album sheet
- Genre
- genre art
- Provenance
- Purchased from a private individual
- Exposition
- Zolochiv Castle (Chinese Palace)
Information about author
Information about author
Object description
A man with a thin moustache, shaved head, and hair gathered up into a bun with a braid on the top of his head is depicted in full face with a turn of three-quarters to the right. The man is dressed in a light brown shirt and short, knee-length black pants. He is depicted barefoot. Folding his hands on each other, the man stands leaning on a carrying pole. Pallets with firewood standing on the ground are tied to both sides of the shoulder pole. The etching comes from the album "Chinese Customs and National Costumes", which includes 60 images of Chinese people engaged in various activities. An explanation in German accompanies each image; some are written in French. In the eighteenth century, artists in Canton (Guangzhou) in southern China created such paintings for Europeans seeking to learn more about China and its people.
Inscriptions
In the lower left corner is a calligraphic inscription in Indian ink, "Pu-Qua. Canton. Delin.". In the lower right corner is an inscription, "Dadley. London. Sculpt". In the upper right corner is the number "47".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
