"A young couple sit side by side taking tea; the hostess, probably the mother of the young woman, is seated at a small rectangular table filling a tea-pot from an urn. A footman holds a salver to a man who helps himself to sugar, probably the father of the younger man. He sits on the right of his host, a gouty invalid in dressing-gown and nightcap, who is seated in an armchair on the extreme right. A dog sits beside the tea-table."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Date '1785' in lower right corner of image., It is suggested that this print is an imitation of Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue, but Grego indicates that it is by Rowlandson., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S. W., publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97860707, and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Couples. , Courtship., Dogs., Servants., and Tea parties.
"Corner of city wall. Ameican Dispensary, Chungking [Chongqing], China." A crenelated stone wall surrounding a city is shown on a mountain top. A road leading to the city is shown on the side of the mountain. There is no handwriting on the back of the postcard.
"West gate entrance to former Kiating near our home -- the sign on the right is an advertisement for singer sewing machines if I remember rightly!" [now Leshan] and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"Mission Des Pères Blancs. - Ouargla [Wargla]. - Panorama de la ville indigène." There are very few buildings with roofs in this city. A few buildings have domes, but the others appear to be open to the air. It is an old city in need of repair. All of the walls are made of stone. A few palm trees are scattered through the streets.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 265 | Folder 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Along the Yangchow city moat at the Tien Sing Temple., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and Ernest Forster, the photographer, was an American Episcopal missionary.
"Walled Chinese city in Tribes Country Juncture of rivers. Suspension bridges." Rooftops of buildings in the city are seen from above near a portion of the city wall.
