474006 Canton Bargemen Fighting Quails, 1843 (ink & pencil on paper) by Allom, Thomas (1804-72); 18.9x12.6 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: Thomas Allom was a London w/c painter. He was one of only a few 18th century artists to travel as far as China, where he painted this scene. The picture is in brown wash as it was intended to be reproduced as a print. It was published in 1843 as one of several prints titled \'China in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture and Social Habits of that Ancient Empire\'. The detail in the picture is all the more striking because of its tiny size; ); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright.