COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL022744tr
Reference Number:
Chinese Drawings 21
Image Title:
Pair of Quails
Parent Work Title:
Chinese Drawings: Birds
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Crawford Chinese Collection: Illustrations
Date Created:
c1800
Volume:
21
Page/Sheet:
No.11
Image Sequence Number:
011
Description:
Illustrated: painting: Pair of Quails. Quails were popular in the Far East as an edible delicacy and for a version of cockfighting.
Subject:
Art, Chinese
Subject:
Birds
Subject:
Natural History
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Places Covered:
China
Item Height:
420 mm
Item Width:
345 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
Access Rights:
References:
'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 82, Nos. 2 and 3, 2000. Zheng Yaying, 'Crawford Chinese Collection' 1991.
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, March 2004
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Pair of Quails
