'Cotton Tree' mb-height 2280 Church of St Martin within

Church of St Martin within Ludgate and Ludgate Hill

Original is oil on canvas 89x76

The plate is inscribed below: 'Plate VII

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'The Motion'

'Cotton Tree' mb-height 2280 Church of St Martin withinBotanical study of the cotton tree. Figures can be seen in the background harvesting the crop. Plate from the book An embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China., by John Nieuhoff (London, 1669). John Nieuhoff (1618 1672), Dutch traveller, was appointed steward of the mission to China under Peter van Goyer and Jacob van Keyser, ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company. Original: