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JOHN HENRY GROSSMAN'S 1806 PRINT: A GROUP OF COCHIN CHINESE -GAMBLING/MAGIC
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POTTER AND POTTER AUCTIONS, INC.CHICAGO, IL
WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING ITEM(S) OF MAGICIAN MEMORABILIA FOR YOUR COLLECTION:
FROM THE ESTATE OF PROMINENT MAGIC COLLECTOR:
DR. JOHN HENRY GROSSMAN
FRAMED 1806 AQUATINT TITLED:
A Group of Cochin Chinese
DEPICTING A GROUP OF NATIVE COCHIN-CHINESE (NOW VIETNAMESE)
in either a gambling or magic scene.
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this is plate 14 from A Voyage to Cochinchina by John Barrow (1764-1848)
engraved by Thomas Medland (1755-1823) 1806
(aquatint)
frame size 12 x 10"
verso of frame with handwritten notation in ink reading:
Purchased by JHG at Nichols Methodist Church Antique Fair, Winter 1966
NOT EXAMINED OUT OF FRAME, APPEARS TO HAVE A SEALED TEAR IN BACKGROUND, LEFT OF PARASOL
GOOD CONDITION