Title

'How Qua, Head of the Hong Merchants in Canton', c1830. Artist: George Chinnery.

Caption

'How Qua, Head of the Hong Merchants in Canton', c1830. Howqua (1769-1843), the most important of the Hong merchants in the Thirteen Factories, head of the E-wo hong and leader of the Canton Cohong. From The Studio Volume 80. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1920]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1830

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C72_298

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,5Mb (2,8Mb) / 10,8in x 14,5in / 3246 x 4356 (300dpi)

Keywords

people black male man men bald China trade guy color colour brown elderly century dynasty twenties one person qing dynasty canton merchant publication 1920s Guangzhou 20th century The Print Collector TGN direct gaze portrait oil George Chinnery Chinnery George Quing Dynasty Studio Publications black colour Studio Volume 80 Cohong Canton E-wo hong Hong Merchant Howqua oil oil portrait