Design for a Cartouche Representing the Country of China, Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761, Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, Engraving on white laid paper, Cartouche composed of a shell in reverse. Perched atop the shell, a Chinese woman holding a paddle and a Chinese man framed by animal horns and holding a long-handled pipe. A bow and arrow at right. The arrangement humorously refers to a lumbering, slow-moving 'dromedary,' or the lack of progress of China in comparison to France., France, 1740, ornament, Print

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