Abstract
The paintings in the John Bradby Blake collection should be admired for their sophisticated artistry and accurate depiction of botanical features, but they are also significant because they reveal the diversity of plants grown in the gardens of Chinese in Guangzhou (Canton). They therefore provide a precious insight into a relatively neglected topic in Chinese garden history, namely the cultivation of plants in gardens. This paper identifies one of the gardens from which the plants depicted by John Bradby Blake might have come, and looks at how those plants were used and appreciated in their Chinese context.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 475-497 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Curtis's Botanical Magazine |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 2 Mar 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 2 Mar 2018 |
Keywords
- China
- Chinese history
- Garden History
- History of science
- East India Company
- botany