Scene from the Spectacle of "The Sun and the Moon"
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA INV 10000070
name: label: Collection Creator
content: American Photo-Lithographic Company
label: Collection Creator
content: Osborne, J. W. (John Walter), 1828-1902
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content: MS 7413 John Walter Osborne lithographs of scenes in China
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content: 1 Lithograph
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1870 March 9
container: label: Container
content: Box 7372 / 7413, Folder 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
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content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Lithographs
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content: Drawn by T. Allom, engraved by R. Staines. Scene from a Chinese opera. Three players are engaged in a battle--the "Moon" stands on the right, pointing his spear at the "Sun," who is raising two globe-shaped objects on poles above his head. A third actor is about to throw an object at the Moon. Seated around the edge of the stage are musicians, one playing the pipa (or balloon guitar) and another playing the ta-lo (gong).  Labelled No. 65.