Antique Print of a Chinese Sailing Ship, 1840

Maritime · 19th century

Antique Print of a Chinese Sailing Ship, 1840

€ 95

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1840
Sheet size: 23.3 × 28 cm (9.2 × 11.0 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-02331

Condition

Good overall condition apart from some slight browning of the paper. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

A finely detailed black and white engraving of an ocean-going Chinese Junk showing the sectioned bamboo sails and large wooden ribs along the side of the ship by L.G. Demeuy de Rienzi and possibly published in his 'Univers pittoresque Dictionnaire scientifique de Géographie' in 1840.