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[Fig. 1 Chinese puppet-show; fig. 2 Chinese mandarin visiting; fig. 3 Chinese quack] – Vintage Print

[Fig. 1 Chinese puppet-show; fig. 2 Chinese mandarin visiting; fig. 3 Chinese quack] — antique engraving
[Fig. 1 Chinese puppet-show; fig. 2 Chinese mandarin visiting; fig. 3 Chinese quack]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Fig. 1 Chinese puppet-show; fig. 2 Chinese mandarin visiting; fig. 3 Chinese quack] comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Fig. 1 Chinese puppet-show; fig. 2 Chinese mandarin visiting; fig. 3 Chinese quack]

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Three small vignettes share this plate: a puppet show, a mandarin on a visit, and a street quack, each labeled as Chinese. It appeared as plate 25 in the first volume of Johann Georg Heck's *Iconographic Encyclopedia* (1851), a mid-19th-century compendium that used engravings to present scenes from science, daily life, and foreign cultures. Its images of China were usually drawn from European travel accounts and earlier prints rather than firsthand observation, so the figures show how Western readers imagined Chinese society more than how it looked. The record's details come from an older caption card and have not been independently verified.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes1851
SubjectsIllus. in: Heck, Iconographic Encyclopedia, v. 1 (1851) plate 25. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Quacks (medicine); Theater--Puppets; China; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,205 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127965

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