Chinese Arabesque with man kneeling beneath a double-roofed tent
Chinese Arabesque with man kneeling beneath a double-roofed tent

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Chinese Arabesque with man kneeling beneath a double-roofed tent,

1798

Anne Allen, British, ca. 1750–1808
after Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1727–1808
2008-335

Information

Title
Chinese Arabesque with man kneeling beneath a double-roofed tent
Dates

1798

Maker
Anne Allen
after Jean-Baptiste Pillement
Medium
Color etching, inked à la poupée in black, green, olive-green, gray, blue, golden-brown, purple and pink
Dimensions
plate: 19.8 x 14.1 cm. (7 13/16 x 5 9/16 in.) sheet: 24.1 x 18.4 cm. (9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Felton Gibbons Fund
Object Number
2008-335
Place Made

Europe, France

Inscription
Inscribed in plate in green ink, lower left corner: J. Pillement in.
Culture
European, French
Type
etchings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
figures (representations), men, Chinoiserie, tents

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