
3 1 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 23cm
Description
Engraving by Poison after a painting by Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814), showing the litter of an important person being carried by servants. A figure in the foreground is posibly picking up coins thrown from the litter. Illustration from Sonnerat's 'Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, fait par ordre du roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781' ('Voyage to the East Indies and China, made by order of the king, from 1774 to 1781'), published in 1782.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10419142
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