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A Chinese Street on the Side of a Canal, with the Manner in which the Shops are distinguishable
A Chinese Street on the Side of a Canal, with the Manner in which the Shops are distinguishable

A Chinese Street on the Side of a Canal, with the Manner in which the Shops are distinguishable

Artist John Couse (English, active ca. 1750)
Artist After Catharina Sperling Heckel (English, 1699 - 1741)
Dateca. 1775
MediumHand-colored etching with engraving
DimensionsPlate: 6 3/16 × 10 1/2 inches (15.72 × 26.67 cm)
Sheet: 6 13/16 × 10 7/8 inches (17.32 × 27.61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Laurence Sickman
Object numberF83-40/3
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Exhibition History

Occidental Graphics from the Collection of Laurence Sickman, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 13- October 18, 1992, no. 10.

Looking at Historic Lands, Urban and Rural, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 26, 2006-April 1, 2007, no cat.

Looking at Historic Lands, Urban and Rural, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 15-June 10, 2012, no cat.

Provenance

Laurence Sickman (1907-1988), Kansas City, MO, by August 5, 1983;

Given by Laurence Sickman to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1983.

Published References

James Orange, The Chater Collection. Pictures Relating to China, Hongkong, Macao, 1655-1860, Section 12, Miscellaneous (London: Thornton Butterworth, 1924), no. 3. 1-6, p. 482, as Chinese Landscapes.

Occidental Graphics from the Collection of Laurence Sickman, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 13- October 18, 1992, p. 3.

George L. McKenna, Prints, 1460-1995 (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1996), 282, (repro.), as A Chinese Street on the Side of a Canal, with the Manner in which the Shops are distinguishable.



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