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A Chinese street vendor selling incense powders and sticks. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Dadley after Pu-Qua.

A Chinese magic lantern show. Coloured stippled engraving by J. Dadley after Pu-Qua.

A Chinese bookseller seated on a box in the street, reading in front of his books. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Dadley after Pu-Qua.

A Chinese labourer (possibly a fisherman or viper-seller?) balancing a pole over his shoulder, from which a collection of small basket-like objects hang. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Dadley after Pu-Quà, 1799.

A Chinese apothecary carrying medicines in a basket. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley after Pu-Quà, 1799.

A Chinese puppeteer standing on a stool, with a miniature stage balanced above him, body screened, except for feet, entertaining a boy in the street. Coloured stipple engraving by Dadley after Pu-Qua.

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A Chinese apothecary carrying medicines in a basket. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley after Pu-Quà, 1799.

A Chinese street vendor selling incense powders and sticks. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Dadley after Pu-Qua.

A Chinese magic lantern show. Coloured stippled engraving by J. Dadley after Pu-Qua.

A Chinese bookseller seated on a box in the street, reading in front of his books. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Dadley after Pu-Qua.

A Chinese puppeteer standing on a stool, with a miniature stage balanced above him, body screened, except for feet, entertaining a boy in the street. Coloured stipple engraving by Dadley after Pu-Qua.

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