Design for a Cartouche Representing the Country of China, Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761, Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, Engraving on white laid paper, Cartouche composed of a shell in reverse. Perched atop the shell, a Chinese woman holding a paddle and a Chinese man framed by animal horns and holding a long-handled pipe. A bow and arrow at right. The arrangement humorously refers to a lumbering, slow-moving 'dromedary,' or the lack of progress of China in comparison to France., France, 1740, ornament, Print, Print
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Design, Cartouche Representing, Country, China, Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761, Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, Engraving, white laid paper, Cartouche composed, shell, reverse, Perched atop, shell, Chinese woman holding, paddle, Chinese man framed, animal horns, holding, long-handled pipe, bow, arrow, right, arrangement humorously refers, lumbering, slow-moving 'dromedary, ', lack, progress, China, comparison, France, France, 1740, ornament, Print
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