Taching, or Firing, of Tea

by Thomas Sutherland

$600 · Offered by Argosy Book Store · No longer available

Robert John Thornton, 1808. Etching and aquatint. Sheet measures 18 1/5 x 22 1/4 This beautiful aquatint depicts techniques of tea production, specifically the firing or roasting stage, set amidst a lovely Chinese landscape. Engraved by Sutherland after a painting by Wo-Siong, and published in Thornton's The Philosophy of Botany, Being Botanical and Philosophical Extracts. In very good condition, with minor

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