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Portrait of Guo Chengzhang (Ko Tsching Dschang)
James Erxleben, The Netherlands, c. 1834, lithograph on paper
In Batavia (now Jakarta), Philipp Franz von Siebold hired the Chinese writer Guo Chengzhang (1802–?) as a collaborator on Chinese-Japanese publications. Guo lived in Leiden from 1830 to 1835 and calligraphed two Chinese-Japanese dictionaries and texts in Von Siebold’s publication on Japan, Nippon. He was also the tutor of J.J. Hoffmann, professor of Chinese and Japanese at Leiden University from 1855.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-1905-5137
- Dimensionsheight 550 mm x width 390 mm
- Physical characteristicslithografie op chine collé
















