Caption
Chinese sailing ships in a bay and fish-eating waterbirds, Chinese hunting scenes, Newly invented Chinese, drawn with great difficulty and published, by P: Schenk Jun, third part, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 5, 12, Landscape with a sailing ship with oars on the water. In the foreground fish-eating waterbirds. On the right two figures under a palm tree. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, 1727 - 1775, paper, etching, height 161 mm x width 255 mm, Chinese, sailing-ship, sailing-boat, water-birds, water course, A detailed line drawing shows a waterside scene with several boats on a calm body of water, including a large sailboat with a multi-panel sail and a covered cabin, smaller boats with angled sails and masts, and oars extending into the water; birds of various kinds appear on the shore and in the water, some wading, some swimming, and one catching a fish; two figures in patterned robes stand and sit beneath a tall palm tree with long fronds and hanging fruit, one figure seated with a hand near the chest and the other standing with an outstretched arm; distant hills and clustered foliage form a backdrop, and small architectural structures sit near the shoreline.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B27_261
License type
Rights managed
Available size
35.5Mb (7.6Mb) / 14.6in x 9.5in / 4370 x 2836 (300dpi)