Camels with Dutch Handlers
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.”
Artwork Details
- 「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
- Object Number: 2012.33
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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