JEAN BAPTISTE DU HALDE Engraving, inscriptions read ‘Habit of a lady of China from Du Halde’s History of China Engraved by the King’s authority for the new geographical dictionary, Printed for J Cooke in Peter Noster Row’, subject a woman in traditional Chinese clothing, measures 16 3/8 x 22 7/8 inches, wooden frame, surface wear to frame, professionally framed and double matted in white, not examined out of frame, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde was a French Jesuit historian specializing in China. He did not travel to China, but collected seventeen Jesuit missionaries' reports and provided an encyclopedic survey of the history, culture and society of China and "Chinese Tartary," that is, Manchuria. - Wiki Jean Baptiste Du HALDE, engraving, artwork, art print, wall art, home decor. 11