Updated 28 April 2022
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
<JOURNEY TO CHINA>: (4) THE SEAFARERS' HOTEL: He who says hotel-keeper —in China— and above all in a seaport, says patent thief... if you bring to his notice that he counts dinners that you have not ordered —errands that you have not had [him] make —waiters who have not served you —expenses for transporting luggage for which you have paid, he replies graciously: Suh, we always count that, always... that is the Chinese habit!...
Date | 1844 |
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Materials and Techniques | lithograph |
Size(cm) | 25.1 x 20.4 |
Inscriptions | Signed on the stone, lower right: h. D.; numbered on the stone, above the signature: 550 |
Standard ref. | Delteil 1192 (ii/ii), Tobu III-190 |
Category | Prints |
Collection Number | G.2000-1455 |
Provenance
Peter Morse; Tobu Museum of Art (Tobu Railway Company); Purchased by the NMWA, 2001.
Exhibition History
- 2010
- [Prints and Drawings Exhibition] Outsiders, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 10 December 2010 - 13 February 2011, cat. no. 78
Bibliography
- 2002
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 35 (Apr. 2000-Mar. 2001), 2002, Takahashi, Akiya. New Acquisitions. pp. 14-15, List of New Acquisitions. p. 121.