Plate 91: Landskip, from "A New Book of Chinese Designs"
Etched and published by Matthias Darly British
Artist and publisher George Edwards British
Not on view
Plate 91 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 a landscape with an island on the center, flanked to the side by two large, pointed rocks, and with Chinese-style houses surrounded by fences and trees. Two men are talking behind a fence, and a third man approaches them from the right, riding a horse. A boat navigates the water in front of the island, with a man rowing it, and lotus plants float on the water nearby. A row of mountains and more land with houses are in the background.