A knife sharpener at work with a whetstone, seated astride a bench. Watercolour by Zhou Pei Qun, ca. 1890.

  • Zhou, Pei Qun, active approximately 1890.
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1890
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571444i
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A knife sharpener at work with a whetstone, seated astride a bench. Watercolour by Zhou Pei Qun, ca. 1890. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1890

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1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 25.7 x 34.4 cm

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Extensive lettering in Chinese Lettering pencilled on accompanying folder: Sharpening barber's knives (not razors) Bears number pencilled in upper right hand corner: 83

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Wellcome Collection 571444i

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