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- Title:
The European Factories, Canton
- Former Title(s):
A View of the European Factories at Canton, in China
European Factories at Canton, in China or A View of the European Factories at Canton, in China [1808, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- 1806
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 34 × 50 inches (86.4 × 127 cm), Frame: 41 7/8 × 58 7/8 × 2 3/8 inches (106.4 × 149.5 × 6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.210
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.210FR
- Subject Terms:
- boats | buildings | Chinese | colony | European | factories | flags | harbor | junks | ocean | port | sampans | ships | sloops (sailing vessels) | trade | Union Jack
- Associated Places:
- Canton | China | Guangdong | Pearl
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:720
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