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On Display: House - Salem Stair Hall, Upper
Painting
View of Canton
1803-1810
Category
Paintings
Place of Origin
China; Asia
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Museum Object Number
1959.1871.002 A
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.1871.002 A
Object Name
Painting
Title
View of Canton
Category
Paintings
Place of Origin
China; Asia
Date
1803-1810
Subject(s)
- Landscape
- Seascape
- Maritime
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Techniques
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
26 (H) x 35.25 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
66.04 (H) x 89.54 (W)
Measurement Notes
Measurements on stretcher, right side and bottom.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
• Published: pp. 27-9, fig. 21.Book: Crossman, Carl L. 1991 The Decorative Arts of the China Trade: paintings, furnishings, and exotic curiosities. 462 p.
• For discussion of architectural details in painting, see pp. 424-8.Book: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1941 The China Trade and Its Influences. 21 p.
• Discussed on p. 14 and illustrated as fig. 87.Thesis: McBride, Anne. 2012 Consigned to the Account & Risk of John Innes Clark: Network, Trade & A Merchant in Providence, RI, 1768-1808. M.A. Winterthur Winterthur Program in American Material Culture