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This painting is from a set of 50 depicting the different types of boats that cluttered the Pearl River. It shows a dragon boat, perhaps preparing for a race. Dragon-boat racing was a festive and very significant event held during the summer. Paintings such as this were mass-produced as souvenir items.
Lord George Macartney (1737-1806) was the first British ambassador to China. His description of the setting reads: 'the river of Canton is covered with boats and vessels of various sorts and sizes, all, even the very smallest, constantly and thickly inhabited'.
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