Le Jardin des Plantes à Pékin--Les Chinois admirant beaucoup un quadrupéd de France et un bipède du même pays ... / H.D. ; lith. Destouches. – Historic Print
(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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This antique lithograph of Le Jardin des Plantes à Pékin--Les Chinois admirant beaucoup un quadrupéd de France et un bipède du même pays ... / H.D. ; lith. Destouches. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Le Jardin des Plantes à Pékin--Les Chinois admirant beaucoup un quadrupéd de France et un bipède du même pays ... / H.D. ; lith. Destouches.
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In this lithograph, the joke is a reversal: a French pig and a Frenchman are shown as curiosities in a Peking garden modeled on Paris's Jardin des Plantes, while Chinese onlookers stare at them as if they were exotic animals. The print is dated 1854, signed by H.D., and lithographed by Destouches. It comments on French presence in China during a decade of growing foreign pressure on the Qing court, and its satire of mutual curiosity and misunderstanding is what makes it worth a closer look.
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color |
|---|---|
| Notes | [1854] |
| Subjects | Swine--China--1850-1860. International relations--China--1850-1860. International relations--France--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,744 × 4,604 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226063 |
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