Colored presentation of professions in stipples by J. Dadley (active before 1797 – after 1803) after Pu-Quà from 1799 (the English-French original edition Lipperheide Le 17 in impressions till 1818 and partly trimmed on platemark what is meaningless in regard of the wide white plate margin) and c. 1810 (German-French edition Lipperheide Le 21, sporadically partly trimmed to platemark, too) resp. Inscribed: Pu-Quà, Cantòn. Delin. / Dadley, London, Sculpt. Enclosed the respective text sheet with short description in parallel text as before.

A Lame Beggar. / Un Mendiant Boiteux. 34.9 x 25.2 cm.
Offer no. 14,621

– The same from the German edition. 30.7 x 25.2 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,620 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 76.) + shipping

A Beggar with a Snake. / Mendiant avec un Serpent. Around the neck the living snake which he slips head first into his mouth during his presentation, from where a spectator shall draw it out again. 25.7 x 22 cm.
Offer no. 14,628

A Blacksmith. / Forgeron. With the attributes of his profession over the shoulder. 35 x 25.5 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,640 / EUR  148. (c. US$ 224.) + shipping

– The same from the German edition. 25 x 20.3 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,639 / EUR  148. (c. US$ 224.) + shipping

A Bonzee begging Alms. / Un Bonze demandant l’Aumone. A priest of the god Fò. 35 x 25.2 cm. – On strong Whatman paper of 1794.
Offer no. 14,599

– The same from the German edition. 26.5 x 22.4 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,598 / EUR  68. (c. US$ 103.) + shipping

A Boy with Vegetables. / Un Garçon portant des Légumes. Offering herbs and vegetables in two baskets carried at the pole over the shoulder. 30.9 x 24.8 cm.
Offer no. 14,619

A Bricklayer. / Un Maçon de Brique. House construction not different from that in Europe. 26.2 x 22.3 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,647 / EUR  199. (c. US$ 301.) + shipping

A Carpenter. / Un Charpentier. The itinerant handicraftsman. His toolbox containing everything but the saw in his hand serving him together as chair and work-bench, the stick as composing stick. 26.2 x 22.2 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,600 / EUR  178. (c. US$ 269.) + shipping

– The same from the German edition. 34.8 x 25.3 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,601 / EUR  178. (c. US$ 269.) + shipping

An Equilibrist. / Faiseur de Tours d’Equilibre. Showing his arts. 25.8 x 22.4 cm. – The text leaf with small hole, the image leaf only quite minimally foxing. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,602 / EUR  118. (c. US$ 178.) + shipping

A Fisherman. / Pecheur. With a screen-like fishing device + basket on the way to work. 35 x 25.3 cm.
Offer no. 14,607

A Fisherman with a Scoop. / Un Pêcheur avec une Écope. With which he catches a sort of small fish in the mud. 34.7 x 25.5 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,604 / EUR  158. (c. US$ 239.) + shipping

– The same from the German edition. 25.1 x 20.3 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,603 / EUR  158. (c. US$ 239.) + shipping

A Fishmonger. / Un Marchand de Poisson. Street vendor, here slicing a carp into pieces. More of them in a tub besides him. 35.5 x 25.6 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,606 / EUR  148. (c. US$ 224.) + shipping

– The same from the German edition. 26 x 22 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,605 / EUR  148. (c. US$ 224.) + shipping

A Flute-Seller. / Un Marchand de Flûte. He carries his wares in a double bag over his right shoulder while he plays one himself to attract customers. 34.8 x 25.4 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,609 / EUR  118. (c. US$ 178.) + shipping

– The same from the German edition. 26.1 x 22.7 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,608 / EUR  118. (c. US$ 178.) + shipping

A Frog-Catcher. / Un Pecheur de Grenouilles. By means of fire carried in a wire net. 35 x 25.3 cm.
Offer no. 14,611

– The same from the German edition. 26.4 x 22.5 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,612 / EUR  75. (c. US$ 113.) + shipping

A Labourer. / Un Laboureur. Transporting two of the typically long and very thin stones needed for construction on his one-wheeled light cart. 34.9 x 25.4 cm.
Offer no. 14,617

– The same from the German edition. 26.4 x 21 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,616 / EUR  145. (c. US$ 219.) + shipping

A Lantern Painter. / Peintre de Lanternes. Doing just this. 26.1 x 21.2 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,626 / EUR  75. (c. US$ 113.) + shipping

A Man striking a Small Gong during an Eclipse. / Homme frappant sur une petite Gongue pendant une èclipse. 26 x 22 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,650 / EUR  118. (c. US$ 178.) + shipping

An Old Man polishing Crystals. / Un Vieillard polissant des Crysteaux. From which eye glasses, buttons, and seals are made. 30.5 x 24.5 cm.
Offer no. 14,627

A Female Peasant. / Une Paysanne. Carrying two tubs with manure at the ends of a bamboo pole over her shoulder to the field. 31 x 25 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,597 / EUR  68. (c. US$ 103.) + shipping

A Pedler (sic!) / Colporteur. The haberdasher displaying handkerchiefs, garters, fans, pockets, tobacco-pouches, belts, ribbons, laces, dish towels etc. upon a bamboo frame “of a very simple but well-invented construction”. 35.5 x 25.5 cm.
Offer no. 14,633

A Pillow-Seller. / Un Marchand d’Oreillers. Carrying the cushions woven from reed at a pole over his shoulder and looking for customers. 26 x 23 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,613 / EUR  148. (c. US$ 224.) + shipping

A Pork-Butcher. / Un Boucher, Vendeur de Cochon. Hacking the meat. 35 x 25 cm.
Offer no. 14,634

A Porter with (expensive) Fire-Wood. / Un Porteur, Portant du Bois a Bruler. Taking a rest at the pole on which he carries two large bundles over the shoulder. 34.5 x 25.3 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,625 / EUR  99. (c. US$ 150.) + shipping

– The same from the German edition. 26.1 x 22.2 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,624 / EUR  99. (c. US$ 150.) + shipping

A Porter with Fruit Trees and Flowers. / Porteur de Fleurs et d’Arbres Fruitiers. 35.7 x 25.4 cm.
Offer no. 14,623

– The same from the German edition. 26.3 x 21.2 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,622 / EUR  128. (c. US$ 193.) + shipping

A Serpent-Catcher. / Un Preneur des Serpens. Demonstrating his technique. 35 x 25.5 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,638 / EUR  69. (c. US$ 104.) + shipping

– The same from the German edition. 26.3 x 21.3 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,637 / EUR  69. (c. US$ 104.) + shipping

A Soldier. / Un Soldat. In his undress – for he “never wears his full uniform but when he is upon particular duty” – during shooting practice. 35.4 x 25.2 cm.
Offer no. 14,642

– The same from the German edition. 30.6 x 25 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,641 / EUR  75. (c. US$ 113.) + shipping

A Stone-Hewer. / Un Tailleur de Pierres. At work, below a screen preventing chippings harming passers-by. 35 x 25.5 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,644 / EUR  158. (c. US$ 239.) + shipping

– The same from the German edition. 26.4 x 22.7 cm. – Weakly foxing. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,643 / EUR  148. (c. US$ 224.) + shipping

A Tambouriner. / Joueur de Tambourin. No European equals the Chinese in this play. 35.5 x 25.5 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,614 / EUR  118. (c. US$ 178.) + shipping

– The same from the German edition. 26.2 x 22.5 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,615 / EUR  118. (c. US$ 178.) + shipping

A Tinker. / Un Chaudronnier. With portable forge, working at the fire. 26 x 22.3 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,618 / EUR  178. (c. US$ 269.) + shipping

A Traveller. / Voyageur. On foot. His dress shows he is mourning for a deceased. 35 x 25.3 cm.
Offer no. 14,636

– The same from the German edition. 25.7 x 22 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,635 / EUR  75. (c. US$ 113.) + shipping

A Viper-Seller. / Un Marchand de Viperes. At the pole carried over the shoulder the different cases hang. 34.2 x 25.3 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,632 / EUR  158. (c. US$ 239.) + shipping

– The same from the German edition. 26.3 x 21.2 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,631 / EUR  148. (c. US$ 224.) + shipping

A Watchman. / Un Homme de Guet. With far-reaching rights for controlling persons. With a bamboo cane they mark both the time as their own vigilance. And their lanterns the name + district they belong to. 34.5 x 25.5 cm.
Offer no. 14,630

– The same from the German edition. 26.8 x 22.7 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,629 / EUR  98. (c. US$ 148.) + shipping

A Chinese Woman. / Femme Chinoise. Lady of standing in her dress with fan or parasol. 26.2 x 22.3 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,610 / EUR  138. (c. US$ 208.) + shipping

A Woman Embroidering. / Une Brodeuse. Working in front of a bamboo frame. 34.7 x 25.5 cm. – In the text further on the invention of silk weaving. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,646 / EUR  189. (c. US$ 285.) + shipping

– The same from the German edition. 26.4 x 21.1 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,645 / EUR  189. (c. US$ 285.) + shipping

The Chinese Lantern-Seller with the attributes of his profession. Coloured aquatint by William Alexander for J. Murray. 1814. 23.8 x 16.7 cm. – On Whatman paper of 1812. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,648 / EUR  118. (c. US$ 178.) + shipping

The Chinese Betel Vendor with the attributes of his profession. Coloured aquatint by Alexander as above. 1814. 16.7 x 23.8 cm. – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,971 / EUR  118. (c. US$ 178.) + shipping

(Chinese Female Dancer or Comedian – Chinese Reverence.) Dominating in the centre the danceress moving elegantly with a fan in her hand on the stage to the music of the Chinese throning in the upper margin. Behind her the play of a troupe. The portal filled by her resting on the head of a little monkey and the backs of two bowing Chinese. Further ornamental border with birds + plants. Of the latter i. a. the tea plant shall be emphasized. Engraving by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 Augsburg 1756). 30 x 18.8 cm.

Schott 1728. – (New Chinese Figures along with … Ornaments IV). – See the complete description.
Offer no. 14,649 / EUR  148. (c. US$ 224.) + shipping

“ I am curious as to the history of this (original Ridinger printing-)plate (just I bought) and the others you have offered. Did you purchase them from the Ridinger estate (indirectly, indeed) or a private collector? These are truly rare one of a kind pieces ”

(Mr. L. A. F., October 28, 2003)