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It shows a boat transporting oyster shells, which, because of their rough surface, were pasted on the exterior walls of residential houses as a security device. Paintings such as this one were mass-produced as souvenir items.\t\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. The ship is largely flat, a pile of oyster shells and discarded baskets is visible on the left. 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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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