A Tobacco Cutter
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A Tobacco Cutter is a 1790 paint by Puqua, a Patna School of Painting work, depicting Washing, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a man cutting tobacco leaves into thin strips with a knife. He sits at a simple table, dressed in loose robes. Light falls on his hands, leaving the background plain. It comes from a set of 100 images made in Canton around 1790. Europeans bought these to learn about daily life in China. The artist paid close attention to tools and fabric textures. You can see it in person at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A rectangular watercolor painting from 1790 depicts a man in red standing on a tall wooden platform, cutting tobacco leaves into thin strips; it is part of a set of 100 images illustrating trades in Canton, produced for European audiences.
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