[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT] "R. O'D. R. L. HMS MEDUSA" (SIGNED IN THE ENGRAVING LOWER LEFT)

Life on a Chinese Houseboat. [caption title]

London. The Graphic. August 3, 1889. Stock ID #199767

A series of six captioned wood engravings arranged as a storyboard on a single newspaper leaf 30.4 x 22.2cms (storyboard); 40.9 x 28.4cms (sheet) unrelated text on the verso, faint edge-toning, in very good condition.

Six captioned wood engravings "A Trip in a Chinese House Boat" from sketches by a British Officer on HMS Medusa: "We Are Mistaken for Smugglers", "Thank Goodness Dog is an Article of Diet Here", "The wit of the village discourses on the Barbarian Toilet", "A Little Argument", "Some of the Crew", and "Rivals rapidly approaching our shooting ground. Five minutes for Tiffin...The fowl is adamant."

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Price: $90.00 AU

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