Plate 119: Indian Island, from "A New Book of Chinese Designs"
Etched and published by Matthias Darly British
Artist and publisher George Edwards British
Not on view
Plate 119 of 'A New Book of Chinese Designs', consisting of a title page, index, and 120 plates, etched and published in 1754 by the British caricaturist, printseller and ornamental engraver Matthew Darly, in collaboration with George Edwards. The book consists of a variety of ornamental and costume designs of Chinese inspiration, some of them copies of the original works (including the title).
This plate represents an Indian landscape, with a rock on the water, with small trees and other vegetation growing around it, and a man with a queue, a robe with dots and trousers with lozenges, standing on it. Approaching the rock is a canoe with a second man, wearing a robe with lozenges and a queue, holding a box with Chinese inscriptions. In the background, beyond the water, are two mountains.
