Caption

Caregiver of Nursing Mothers, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century China, Chinese, graphic print, height 29.7 cm, width 25.2 cm., An aged paper print showing a central seated figure with a rounded face and neutral expression, flanked by a few attendant figures whose faces are partially visible; the central figure wears layered robes and ornate patterned garments outlined in black ink, with decorative elements around the neck and shoulders. The composition includes a rectangular framed area around the central figure highlighted with washes of yellow and red and vertical purple panels at the sides, and a horizontal red band near the top and another near the lower chest area. The background paper is a tan beige, and there are additional areas of green at the upper border and subtle black ink linework throughout forming architectural and drapery-like shapes; the overall image shows ink outlines with washes of yellow, red, purple, green, black, and the tan of the paper.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_239

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.7Mb (2.8Mb) / 11.6in x 13.6in / 3484 x 4081 (300dpi)

Keywords

Caregiver Nursing Mothers nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century China Chinese graphic print height 29.7 cm width 25.2 cm aged paper print showing central seated figure rounded face neutral expression flanked attendant figures faces partially visible central figure wears layered robes ornate patterned garments outlined black ink decorative elements neck shoulders composition includes rectangular framed area central figure highlighted washes yellow red vertical purple panels sides horizontal red band near top another near lower chest area background paper tan beige additional areas green upper border subtle black ink linework forming architectural drapery- shapes image ink outlines purple black tan paper.