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> Chinese Watercolours, Pith Paintings & Herbarium: Minnie Wright 1858

This beautiful collection of Chinese works were preserved in a mid-19th-century album belonging to a Minnie Wight of Newhaven. Little is known about Minnie Wright, but she was evidently English and her address is 'Newhaven' in 1858. Annotations accompanying the collection indicate that her grandson was called Philip Orford.

She was likely connected to the British community living in China around the main trade ports of the Yangtze Delta after the 1842 Treaty of Nanking. As well as beautiful examples of Chinese paintings on pith and floral watercolours, the collection includes a watercolour of a Chinese schoolmaster, inscribed 'Morton sends to Minnie', and there are a number of herbarium specimens collected at locations around the 'Great Canal' and Hangzhou, the southern terminus of the Grand Canal, between 1859 and 1862. There are also two specimens collected at 'Hogg Farm, England' in 1863. As a whole, the collection is a fascinating record of the history, activities and socio-cultural exchanges taking place between China and the West in the 19th century.

28 artworks

Chinese School, Lily Flowers with Butterfly – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Lily Flowers with Butterfly
£128
£128
Stock number: KD-585
Chinese School, Prisoner & His Captors – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Prisoner & His Captors
£110
£110
Stock number: KD-584
Chinese School, Cabot's Tragopan Pheasant Bird on Flowering Branch – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Cabot's Tragopan Pheasant Bird on Flowering Branch
£110
£110
Stock number: KD-579
Chinese School, Yellow-crested Cockatoo Bird on Pine Branch – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Yellow-crested Cockatoo Bird on Pine Branch
£110
£110
Stock number: KD-578
Chinese Herbarium Pressed Flowers from Kau Shing (Qiaosizhen, Hangzhou?) 1859
Anon. Chinese Herbarium Pressed Wildflowers from Joss House at Kau Shing (Qiaosizhen, Hangzhou?)
£110
£110
Stock number: KA-209
Chinese Herbarium Pressed Leaves from Kau Shing (Qiaosizhen, Hangzhou?) 1859
Anon. Chinese Herbarium Pressed Leaves from Kau Shing (Qiaosizhen, Hangzhou?)
£110
£110
Stock number: KA-205
Anon., Chinese Herbarium Pressed Wildflowers from the Grand Canal – 1859
Anon. Chinese Herbarium Pressed Wildflowers from the Grand Canal
£98
£98
Stock number: KD-588
Chinese School, Chinese Silver Carp Fish – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Chinese Silver Carp Fish
£98
£98
Stock number: KD-581
Chinese School, Chinese Grouper Fish – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Chinese Grouper Fish
£98
£98
Stock number: KD-580
Chinese School, Chinese Mandarin Orange – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Chinese Mandarin Orange
£78
£78
Stock number: KD-574
Chinese School Chinese Hydrangea Flower
£72
£72
Stock number: KB-206
Chinese School Chinese Flowers & Fruit
£72
£72
Stock number: KB-202
Anon., Chinese Herbarium Pressed Wildflowers – c.1859
Anon. Chinese Herbarium Pressed Wildflowers
£68
£68
Stock number: KD-587
Chinese School, Chinese Fisherman with Lift Net – Mid-19th-century watercolour painting
Chinese School Chinese Fisherman with Lift Net
£64
£64
Stock number: KD-583
Chinese School, Chinese Rice Field Workers – Mid-19th-century watercolour painting
Chinese School Chinese Rice Field Workers
£64
£64
Stock number: KD-582
Chinese School Chinese Magnolia Flowers
£54
£54
Stock number: KB-208
Chinese School, Chinese Lotus Root Plant – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Chinese Lotus Root Plant
£52
£52
Stock number: KD-575
Chinese School, Chinese Pomelo Fruit – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Chinese Pomelo Fruit
£52
£52
Stock number: KD-573
Chinese School, Chinese Loquat Fruit – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Chinese Loquat Fruit
£52
£52
Stock number: KD-571
Chinese School, Chinese Carrot – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Chinese Carrot
£52
£52
Stock number: KD-570
Chinese School, Chinese Persimmon Fruit – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Chinese Persimmon Fruit
£52
£52
Stock number: KD-569
Anon., Chinese Herbarium Pressed Wildflowers from the Grand Canal – 1859
Anon. Chinese Herbarium Pressed Wildflowers from the Grand Canal
£38
£38
Stock number: KD-586
Chinese School, Pink Rose Flower with Butterfly – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Pink Rose Flower with Butterfly
£38
£38
Stock number: KD-576
Chinese School, Chinese Quince Fruit – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Chinese Quince Fruit
£38
£38
Stock number: KD-572
Chinese School, Chinese Orange Lily Flower with Beetle Insect – Mid-19th-century chinese painting on pith
Chinese School Chinese Orange Lily Flower with Beetle Insect
£36
£36
Stock number: KD-577
Anon., Herbarium Pressed Wildflowers, Hogg Farm, England – 1863
Anon. Herbarium Pressed Wildflowers, Hogg Farm, England
£28
£28
Stock number: KD-589
Chinese Herbarium Pressed Wildflower Specimen – c.1859
Anon. Chinese Herbarium Pressed Wildflower
£21
£21
Stock number: KA-201
Chinese Herbarium Pressed Cotton Leaf & Flower Specimen 1862
Anon. Chinese Herbarium Pressed Cotton Leaf & Flower
£19
£19
Stock number: KA-202