Day 8 The Crawford Chinese collection contains this fabulous scroll (Crawford 419) depicting Beijing in 1717, showing people engaged in the Kangxi emperor’s birthday celebrations! Read more here (Page 112): https://t.co/IiXa4SrCBQ

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These aquatints and etchings from George III's collection are hand-coloured and painted with varnish to produce transparencies, designed to be seen held up to a light.
https://t.co/qRPpfPd4vg

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