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  • A tea plantation in China: female workers trim the harvested leaves, which are brought to them in paniers by a male worker. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers load boxes of tea for export onto rafts. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
  • A tea plantation in China: tea is shown being weighed, while workers tread down congou tea into chests and a man in Western dress converses with a senior plantation worker. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers grinding tea and rolling it into balls. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers pick the tea leaves and place them in baskets. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers prepare the soil for planting tea, while others rest nearby and eat from bowls with chopsticks. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers seated on a verandah grade the tea leaves by hand. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers are shown weaving baskets. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers water the young tea plants. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers make tea chests. Coloured aquatint, early 19th century.
  • A man tasting tea with inset picture of kettles boiling. Pen and ink drawing, c. 1890.
  • A tea plantation in China: monkeys gather tea leaves for men with baskets. Coloured aquatint, early 19th century.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers tread the tea in baskets. Coloured aquatint, early 19th century.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers tread down congou tea into chests. Coloured lithograph.
  • A Chinese tea plantation with workers cleaning the racks on which the leaves are laid. Coloured etching, early 19th century.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers prepare lead for tea containers. Coloured aquatint, early 19th century.
  • A tea plantation in China with workers packing the tea into boxes. Gouache painting with oxidization.
  • A tea plantation in China with workers rolling and sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers load tea canisters for export onto rafts. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China with workers sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers trimming the tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers pack the tea into canisters for export. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China with workers carrying and picking out tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.
  • A Chinese tea plantation with workers carrying and firing the tea. Engraving by A. Willmore, c. 1843, after T. Allom.
  • A Chinese man with his tea pot, and workers harvesting tea. Etching with engraving, c. 1693.
  • A tea plantation in China with workers heating and drying tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers sow the seed. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers heat and dry the tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China with workers grinding and balling the tea. Gouache painting with oxidization.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers roll the caper tea into balls. Coloured lithograph.