Portrait of Euhun Sang Lum Akao

Artist/Maker

DatesMade: Made 1793

Material / Technique

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 38 x 27,5 cm h x w: Mått [pappersyta] 50,5 x 40,3 cm h x w: Passepartout 55 x 42 cm h x w x d: Ram 60 x 47 x 3,5 cm

Inventory numberNMG 2/2018

AcqusitionPurchase 2017 Ulla and Gunnar Trygg Fund

Other titlesTitle (sv): Porträtt av Lum A´Kao Title (en): Portrait of Euhun Sang Lum Akao Label (sv): Euhun Sang Lum Akao Label (en): Euhun Sang Lum Akao

DescriptionDescription: Danloux, a Frenchman, painted a portrait of Euhung Sang Lum Akao, a 26-year-old Chinese man, when the latter arrived in London in 1793. He had travelled from Macau with the Swiss merchant Charles Constant de Rebecque, whose servant he had been since the age of eleven. The visit caused a stir in London. George III, who ran into Akao by chance in Hyde Park, quizzed him inquisitively. This mezzotint is dedicated to Rebecque.

Collection

MaterialPaper

TechniqueMezzotint (Printing technique, Intaglio print)

Object category