A method of Chinese writing Size:XS: 30 x 20cm Air pump designed by Francis

Air pump designed by Francis Hauksbee

identified by Trimmer as a hippopotamus tusk and fore-tooth (two views) in his published plate notes

2 A-B and 3A are details of the head of each reptile

Circa 1960

A method of Chinese writing Size:XS: 30 x 20cm Air pump designed by FrancisA figure stands at table and writes on a piece of parchment with a brush; a monkey sits on the floor in the foreground. Inscribed above: 'The Manner of Writing.' Plate from the book An embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China., by John Nieuhoff (London, 1669). John Nieuhoff (1618 1672), Dutch traveller, was appointed steward of the mission to China under Peter van Goyer and Jacob van