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                                       ‘Spoilum, The celebrated artist of China, and perhaps the only one in his
                                       line throughout that extensive empire.’     2

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                                       ‘Lamqua, handsome-face painter.’      3
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                                       ‘Fatqua, painter in oil & watercolours, and on glass, China street, Canton.
                                       Prepares boxes in assorted colours for drawing at the lowest terms.’        4

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                                       ‘Sunqua, ship & portrait painter also chart and daguerrotype copyist from
                                       Canton, Honam.’    5

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                                       ‘Guan Luenchang’s foreign painting shop of shop no. 15 at Tongwen Hong
                                       in the city of Canton in Guangdong Province East. Various types of
                                       assorted pictures by Guan Tingqua. Completed in a good day of the new
                                       moon in the first year of the reign of Emperor Xianfeng (1851).’      6

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                                       ‘Namcheong, portrait and ship painter, Bamboo Town, Whampoa.’            7
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                                       ‘Kheshing, Canton Honamside. Dealer in silks and other sundry articles.’         8
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                                       ‘The portrait-painter’s name, Sunqua, may be a sort of rival to the
                                       photographer.’   9
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