A Foot soldier
Painting
1800-1830 (made)
1800-1830 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This painting is part of a group depicting different costumes worn by Chinese men and women in the early 19th century. This one shows a foot soldier with his rifle on his shoulder. At the time foot soldiers were mostly drawn from natives of the Guangxi province, and as a result foot soldiers were commonly referred to as 'Guangxi'. Europeans were fascinated by Chinese dresses and hairstyles which were markedly different from their own, and paintings such as this were mass-produced as souvenir items.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A Foot soldier (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolours on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, "A Foot Soldier", watercolours on paper, Guangzhou, China, 1800-1830 |
| Physical description | Rectangular painting, the central figure wears a chest plate with an emblem on the middle over a blue shirt and beige trouser comination, he carries a large rifle; one of twenty-two paintings depicting costumes of various of cival and military figures in pairs, male and female |
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| Object history | Purchased from Messrs. Dulan & Co., accessioned in 1886. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Summary | This painting is part of a group depicting different costumes worn by Chinese men and women in the early 19th century. This one shows a foot soldier with his rifle on his shoulder. At the time foot soldiers were mostly drawn from natives of the Guangxi province, and as a result foot soldiers were commonly referred to as 'Guangxi'. Europeans were fascinated by Chinese dresses and hairstyles which were markedly different from their own, and paintings such as this were mass-produced as souvenir items. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Souvenir from Canton : Chinese export paintings from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Shanghai, 2003
no.185 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.59-1886 |
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| Record created | February 6, 2004 |
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