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Women tea plantation workers

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  • A tea plantation in China: workers roll the caper tea into balls. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers pick the tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China with workers rolling and sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.
  • A Chinese tea plantation with workers watering, picking and firing the tea. Lithograph by E. Gilks, c. 1850, after B. Clayton after Piqua.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers roll up and sift the tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.
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    A tea plantation in China: workers trimming the tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

    | Reference: 25243i
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    A tea plantation in China with workers rolling and sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

    | Reference: 25242i
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    A tea plantation in China with workers heating and drying tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

    | Reference: 25246i
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    A tea plantation in China: workers roll the caper tea into balls. Coloured lithograph.

    | Date: [approximately 1800] | Reference: 25235i
    Part of: A tea plantation in China
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    A Chinese tea plantation with workers watering, picking and firing the tea. Lithograph by E. Gilks, c. 1850, after B. Clayton after Piqua.

    Piqua. | Date: 1850 | Reference: 25272i
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