Caption:
A young Chinese groom receives his new bride in front of his house. The bride is carried in a palanquin or sedan chair accompanied by servants bringing dowry gifts. The house has a walled garden and pagoda. Jeune Chinois recevant sa nouvelle epouse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from A. Antoine de Saint-Gervaiss Album des Peuples, ou Collection de Tableaux, Album of Peoples, or Collection of Paintings, J. Langlume et Peltier, Paris, 1835. Reprinted from Moeurs et coutumes des Peuples, Hocquart, 1811.