Crossing the borders of a merchant class: imaging and representing elite status in the portraits of the Hong merchants of Canton
Portraits of hong merchants produced in the latter period of the Canton Trade (1820-1840) portray these merchants in a new manner — one that previously had not been seen in China. These portraits depict Chinese subjects through a pastiche of signs associated with China's elite, yet the medium o...
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University of British Columbia
2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/391 |