A fishing-bird sits on a rock on the shore of a river in China. Etching by G. Child.
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The junks on the river and the pagodas in the background point to China as the habitat of the Lou-wa
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Physical description
1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 14 x 20.8 cm
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Lettering
The Lou-wa or Fishing bird. IV th. The manner of fishing from Nieuhof
Bears number bottom left : Plate 18
Creator/production credits
The "Nieuhof" mentioned in the title is presumably Johannes Nieuhof (1618-1672), who accompanied an embassy of the East India Company of the United Provinces to China and whose description of this journey was published in 1673
Reference
Wellcome Collection 42062i
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