yogi
Aug 16 2005, 11:37 PM
Illustrations selected from
Fisher & Son, London & Paris, 1843 with courtesy.
For more info about the Thomas Allom please see
http://www.chinese-outpost.com/gallery/allom/default.asp
Dinner Party at a Mandarin's House
Festival of the Dragon-Boat, 5th Day of 5th Moon
The Pria Grande, Macao
Show Room of a Lantern Merchant, at Peking
Western Gate, Peking
Arrival of Marriage Presents at the Bridal Residence
Marriage Procession at the Blue-Cloud Creek
Boudoir and Bed-Chamber of a Lady of Rank
Pavilion and Gardens of a Mandarin Near Peking
Gardens of the Imperial Palace, Peking
yogi
Aug 16 2005, 11:39 PM
China Opium Smokers
An Itinerant Doctor at Tien-Sing
An Itinerant Barber
Cap-Vendor's Shop, Canton
Cat Merchants and Tea Dealers at Tong-Chow
Canton Barge-Men, Fighting Quail
Raree Show, at Lin-Sin-Choo
The European Factories, Canton
Facade of the Great Temple at Macao
A Mandarin Paying a Visit of Ceremony
yogi
Aug 16 2005, 11:45 PM
Ceremony of "Meeting the Spring"
Scene from the Spectacle of "The Sun and Moon"
Kite-Flying at Hae-Kwan, on the Ninth Day of Ninth Month
The Emperor "Teaou-Kwang" reviewing his Guards, Palace of Peking
Jugglers Exhibiting in the Court of a Mandarin's Palace
Loading Tea-Junks at Tseen-Tang
The Culture and Preparation of Tea
Dyeing and Winding Silk
Destroying the Chrysalides and reeling the Cocoons
Feeding Silkworms and Sorting the Cocoons
yogi
Aug 16 2005, 11:51 PM
Silk Farms at Hoo-Chen
Rice Sellers at the Military Station of Tong-Chang-Foo
House of Conseequa, a Chinese Merchant, Saburbs of Canton
The Fountain-Court in Conseequa's House, Canton
House of a Chinese Merchant, near Canton
A Street in Canton
Scene on the Honan Canal, Near Canton
Junks Passing an Inclined Plane on the Imperial Canal
Pagoda and Village, on the Canal near Canton
Transplanting Rice
yogi
Aug 16 2005, 11:58 PM
Punishment of the Tcha or Canque, Ting-hai
Landing Place and Entrance to the Temple of Honan, Canton
Playing at Shuttlecock with the Feet
Hall of Audience, Palace of Yuen Min Yuen, Peking
First Entrance Gate to the Temple of Confucuis, Ching-hai
Ancient Bridge, Chapoo
Pavilion of the Star of Hope, Tong Chow
Theatre at Tien Sin
The Grand Temple at Poo-Too, Chusan Islands
Entrance into the City of Amoy
yogi
Aug 17 2005, 12:04 AM
The Bridge of Nanking
The Tai-Wang-Kow, or Yellow Padoda Fort, Canton River
Yin-Shan, or Silver Island, on the Yang-Tse-Keang
Macao, from the Forts of Heang-Shan
Chapel in the Great Temple, Macao
Melon Islands, and Irrigating Wheel
The Proof-Sword Rock, Hoo-Kew-Shan
Cataract of Tin-Hoo, or the Tripod Lake
Ancient Tombs near Amoy
The Hea Hills, Chaow-King-Foo
Klamath
Aug 17 2005, 06:02 AM
Thanks, nice pictures.
Hehe, if wipe the pigtails and roof style out, I think I can't tell it was China.
thirdgumi
Aug 17 2005, 12:46 PM
Nice pictures, thanks.
TMPikachu
Aug 17 2005, 01:17 PM
neato
and what is the proof-sword rock?
yogi
Aug 18 2005, 09:54 PM
QUOTE(TMPikachu @ Aug 17 2005, 12:17 PM)
neato
and what is the proof-sword rock?
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The proof-sword rock is one of the historical sceneries of Hoo-Kew-Shan, which is known as 虎丘试剑石 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.
General_Zhaoyun
Aug 21 2008, 03:41 AM
Very nice European painting of China during 19th century Qing dynasty period.
李正龍
Aug 21 2008, 07:13 AM
the painting has same characteristic with depiction upon Chinese immigrants of British and Dutch precolonial era in Indonesia..
i'm trying to find some examples..
Pattie
Aug 21 2008, 07:37 AM
QUOTE (yogi @ Aug 18 2005, 10:54 PM)
The proof-sword rock is one of the historical sceneries of Hoo-Kew-Shan, which is known as 虎丘试剑石 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.
Anyone know why it has this name? Proof-sword sounds like there's a legend attached.
Kimchee
Aug 21 2008, 03:35 PM
QUOTE (yogi @ Aug 18 2005, 10:54 PM)
The proof-sword rock is one of the historical sceneries of Hoo-Kew-Shan, which is known as 虎丘试剑石 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.
I tried doing a quick search to see if there was a legend attached to this scene... but only could find that you can purchase these engravings from various places online... now I'm curious, just like TMPikachu. Was this rock a Chinese version of King Arthur's legend... pulling Excalibur out of a rock? Or was it used to test real swords (proof?)?
However, these are really beautiful engravings... merchants lived quite well at that time, didn't they? Thanks for posting them and sharing.
Kimchee
Chen06
Aug 22 2008, 08:01 PM
thats pretty cool. I wish they had done one for the Han,Tang,Song, or Ming
amaranthine26
Apr 18 2009, 08:15 PM
thats pretty good，thanks a lot
Yizheng
Apr 19 2009, 01:37 AM
I think interesting in paintings like this is also that not only does it provide a visual record of life at the particular time, but it is the subjective record of a European, and it's interesting to see what he chooses to depict and how. The paintings give me the impression of a man with his head and senses filled with the 'exoticism' of China, exoticism that he seems to see most vividly at two poles of life - imperial and court life, and street life. There is a sense of a kind of exagerated exoticism. Pagodas are even taller and palaces even more ornate than in real life, and the figures of imperial life embody all that is in the European popular image of 'despotic, sumptuous, indolent, exotic' orient. But this is not necessarily conscious, maybe as a European seeing a foreign land through his own eyes, he really saw it this way.
It's not just a record of one culture and country, really its a record of interaction and mutual perception of cultures, I think.
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