COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL021973tr
Reference Number:
Chinese Drawings 55
Image Title:
Huang Di teaching
Parent Work Title:
Chinese Drawings: Historical Illustrations
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Crawford Chinese Collection: Illustrations
Date Created:
18th century [late]
Page/Sheet:
No.17
Image Sequence Number:
017
Description:
Illustrated: painting: Huang Di, the founder-hero of Chinese civilisation, teaches how to curve wood & make boats. Depictions of Chinese myth, fables & historical events. Eighteenth century.
Subject:
Art, Chinese
Subject:
Folklore
Subject:
China--History
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Creation Site:
China: Canton
Culture:
Cantonese
Places Covered:
China
People Covered:
Emperor Huang Di, 2697-2597 BCE
Item Height:
460 mm
Item Width:
590 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
Zheng Yaying, 'Crawford Chinese Collection' 1991.
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, August 2003
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Huang Di teaching
