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It shows a dragon boat, perhaps preparing for a race. Dragon-boat racing was a festive and very significant event held during the summer. Paintings such as this were mass-produced as souvenir items.\r\n\r\nLord George Macartney (1737-1806) was the first British ambassador to China. His description of the setting reads: 'the river of Canton is covered with boats and vessels of various sorts and sizes, all, even the very smallest, constantly and thickly inhabited'.","physicalDescription":"Painting, rectangular in shape, depicting a boat or ship in muted tones. The ship is long and flat, the stern and bow decorated to make the ship look like a dragon. A line of men in blue sit along the body with oars. 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These pages, now separated, are numbered 8655:1to51, with 8655:51 being a list of images originally inserted into the album. \r\nLord George Macartney (1737-1806), the first British ambassador to China, described that 'the river of Canton is covered with boats and vessels of various sorts and sizes, all, even the very smallest, constantly and thickly inhabited'. This painting is from a set of 50 depicting the different types of boats that cluttered the Pearl River. It shows a ferry operating at night. 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