Chinese waterman and his barge, 18th century. He sits in the front of the boat next to a large gong. Two bamboo poles lies in the boat. Batelier. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries’ La Chine: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Chinois, China: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Chinese, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1822. Jean-Baptiste Eyries (1767-1846) was a French geographer, author and translator.

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