FRENCH Island is opposite to Whampoa, whose stately pagoda forms a striking object in its sweet romantic scenery. Nothing indeed can exceed the beauty of the country in this vicinity. Vegetation is every where most luxuriant; and though subjected to the hand of art, the graces of nature are not obliterated, but combined with the comforts of convenience and the decorum of improved society. View near Whampoa, China colour print from the book ' A Picturesque Voyage to India by Way of China ' by Thomas Daniell, and William Daniell, London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme,
FRENCH Island is opposite to Whampoa, whose stately pagoda forms a striking object in its sweet romantic scenery. Nothing indeed can exceed the beauty of the country in this vicinity. Vegetation is every where most luxuriant; and though subjected to the hand of art, the graces of nature are not obliterated, but combined with the comforts of convenience and the decorum of improved society. View near Whampoa, China colour print from the book ' A Picturesque Voyage to India by Way of China ' by Thomas Daniell, and William Daniell, London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Daniell by Thomas Davison, 1810. The Daniells' original watercolors for the scenes depicted herein are now at the Yale Center for British Art, Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts,
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Location: China
Photo credit: © Historic Illustrations / Alamy / Afripics
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