Description: Medical Portraiture of Lam Qua : Paintings from a Canton Hospital 1, Paperback by Palatino Press (COR), ISBN 1497391245, ISBN-13 9781497391246, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A collection of 101 full page color plates Lam Qua (1801–1860) was an artist from Canton province in Qing Dynasty China, whospecialized in western-style portraiture. He developed a following among the foreigncommunity in Canton and Macau and was the first Chinese portrait painter to be exhibited inthe West. From 1836 to 1855, Peter Parker, an American medical missionary, and founder of theOphthalmic Hospital at Canton, commissioned Lam Qua to paint more than 100 pre-operativeportraits of patients with large tumors or other major deformities. Parker displayed thepaintings in the hospital’s waiting room and on trips to the United States to support hismissionary activities. The present collection comprises oil paintings held by Yale University’sHarvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library as well as gouache copies held by theWellcome Library, London.
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Book Title: Medical Portraiture of Lam Qua : Paintings from a Canton Hospital 1836-1855
Number of Pages: 106 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Item Height: 0.2 in
Publication Year: 2014
Topic: Asian / General
Genre: Art
Item Weight: 9.3 Oz
Author: Palatino Palatino Press
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
