Man With a Digger
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/35
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Man With a Digger
- 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
The image of a walking man is turned three-quarters to the right; his head is tilted to the left. The man is wearing a grey and purple shirt with rolled-up sleeves and short, knee-length grey and blue pants. A shirt is tied with a green belt on which one can see an inro, a case for holding small items, and a trapezoidal basket with a round top. On his left shoulder, the man has a digger in the form of a long stick with a flattened metal tip. 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 "35".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
