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Depiction of Western Trader, China, 1760s (quokk.au)

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

It's part of a set of 5, and the note in the corner actually comments on his white skin whereas none of the others do. So he probably was whiter (makeup maybe?) than the others.

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