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A Dutchman escorts the procession of male and female camels handled by two Arabian attendants in handsomely patterned clothes. At upper left is the Dutch word kameel, and the term is defined in Japanese to the left. At upper right is a detailed account of the physical attributes of the animals, with the heading “Camels brought over by the Dutch.”
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「阿蘭陀人持渡駱駝」
Title: Camels with Dutch Handlers
Artist:
Unidentified artist Japanese, 19th century
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1821
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and stencil-printed color on paper; horizontal ō-ōban
Dimensions: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 17 5/16 in. (31.4 x 44 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Sue Cassidy Clark Gift, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2012
Accession Number: 2012.33
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