Tinsmith
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/53
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Tinsmith
- 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 is depicted in full face with a three-quarters turn to the left. He is shown sitting with crossed legs on two bricks. He is dressed in a dark brown shirt, light brown pants, and brown fabric shoes. The man's head is shaved and twined around with a thin braid. The man is soldering the edge of the can with a soldering tool, holding it over the brazier. In the foreground, in front of the man, are two soldering tools and two semicircular tin sheets. In the background is a tin cylindrical blank for a can, bottoms, and three tin cans. 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 "53".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
