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The large, elegantly decorated pleasure boat remained stationary on the river and clients were ferried to it. Paintings such as this one 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. Tha majority of the ship is enclosed by a cabin with sections at varying heights. At the stern, a cabin with blue trellis decoration. 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