Title
THE PROCESS OF PLANTING, GROWING & CURING TEA : Plate No. 2. From an original drawing in the collection of Col. Harcourt / Edw.d Orme Excu.t ; J. Clarke & Merke sculp.
Creator
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770-1863, printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : Published & Sold March 1st. 1808 by Edw.d Orme Printseller to the King Engraver & Publisher. Bond Street corner of Brook Street London, [March 1 1808]
Physical details
1 print : hand-coloured aquatint and etching ; sheet 44 x 59 cm (trimmed below platemark).
Description
Three Chinese women kneel down to pick the leaves of tea plants in a field in the foreground, while a fourth woman carries them in a basket to the buildings on the right, where another female worker collects them in three larger baskets.
Place
China
Other persons
Merke, Henri, printmaker.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.116.19.2.b.