Disabled Person
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/59
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Disabled Person
- 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 barefoot man is sitting on the ground with his legs spread wide. He is depicted in full face with a three-quarters turn to the left. His head is turned to the right. The man is wearing short grey pants and a blue shirt with two patches on his left shoulder. A round straw hat is hanging under the man's left armpit. The head is shaved. A thin, long braid is falling from the back of the man's head. The man is leaning his left palm on a wooden low support. 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 "59".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
