Manchu Official seated on an animal skin, by Youqua

An image of Album: Manchu Officials. Manchu Official seated on an animal skin. Youqua (Chinese, ac.1840-1870). Album containing 12 watercolours on pith paper. Watercolour, bodycolour, and ink with heightening in white and silver, on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper, height 336 mm, width 253 mm, 19th century. Chinese. Production Note: Export album made for the Western market.

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Album: Manchu Officials. Manchu Official seated on an animal skin. Youqua (Chinese, ac.1840-1870). Album containing 12 watercolours on pith paper. Watercolour, bodycolour, and ink with heightening in white and silver, on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper, height 336 mm, width 253 mm, 19th century. Chinese. Production Note: Export album made for the Western market.

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Accession Number: 4168(3)
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 777 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 469.14kB
Exposure time: 1/17
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:06:15 11:06:09

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19th Century album animal skin birds bodycolour Chinese clothes clothing costume dress fashion Fitz_PDP hats male Manchu Manchurian moustache moustachioed mustache official paper peacock peacock feather pith paper seated silk sitting watercolour Youqua

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