Methods of transport in China, Qing dynasty, 1800s. Palanquin or sedan chair of a mandarin 1, Tatar woman riding on a barrow drawn by two servants 2, stage cart or wagon 3, and carriage of a young noble 4. Copied from an illustration by Antoine Cardon in Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's La Chine en miniature, 1811. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1815.

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