"The Heathen Chinee." [Francis Bret Harte].

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• ARTIST: Leslie Ward

• PUBLISHER: Published in Vanity Fair, London.

• MEDIUM: Chromolithograph,

  DATE: Jany. 4, 1879.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 1/8 x 7 1/4" (30.7 x 18.4 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: An image of Francis Bret Harte, After a drawing by "Spy". Harte is the writer of "The Heathen Chinee", which was originally published under the title "Plain Language from Truthful James." The poem was intended to parody the anti-Chinese sentiment in California at the time, but many readers interpreted it differently.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Text sheet included.

• CONDITION: Good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits - Vanity Fair , Literary & Music