Red-Crowned Crane
Painting
1800-1830 (made)
1800-1830 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Foreign flora and fauna were of great interest to British botanists in the 18th and 19th centuries, and such enthusiasm gradually filtered down to the general public. Travellers often returned to Britain with paintings depicting numerous species of birds. This painting of a red-crowned crane is drawn on western paper, specially imported into China for its quality. It is an example of a type of picture that was mass produced in China for European visitors. It was made in Canton (Guangzhou) in southern China, which in the 18th century became the principal – and later the only – trading port at which Europeans were permitted to buy Chinese goods.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Red-Crowned Crane (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and ink on western paper |
| Brief description | Painting, 'Red-crowned Crane', watercolour and ink on paper, Guangzhou, China, 1800-1830 |
| Physical description | Rectangular watercolour painting depicting a bird on plain ground. The bird, largely white but with black and red on the head and wings, stands on one leg and faces to the left. The background plain except for the inerrence of grass which the crane stands on. |
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| Style | |
| Object history | Foreign flora and fauna was of great interest to British botanists in the 18th and 19th centuries, and such enthusiasm gradually filtered down to the general public. Travellers often returned to Britain with paintings depicting numerous species of birds. This painting of a red-crowned crane is drawn on western paper, specially imported into China for its quality. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Foreign flora and fauna were of great interest to British botanists in the 18th and 19th centuries, and such enthusiasm gradually filtered down to the general public. Travellers often returned to Britain with paintings depicting numerous species of birds. This painting of a red-crowned crane is drawn on western paper, specially imported into China for its quality. It is an example of a type of picture that was mass produced in China for European visitors. It was made in Canton (Guangzhou) in southern China, which in the 18th century became the principal – and later the only – trading port at which Europeans were permitted to buy Chinese goods. |
| Bibliographic reference | Souvenir from Canton : Chinese export paintings from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Shanghai, 2003
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 507 |
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| Record created | October 1, 2002 |
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