# Three Views of the Pearl River: Canton, Macao, Whampoa

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1773
- Medium: canvas, paper, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 52 cm x width 76 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-1723--05bf711122206a31465e2c23775a8128)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/1ecdc5431b0b510bc4f4e7411e90dd04.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Various European trade organizations had branches in the port of Canton. Because there was so much construction, the paintings can be easily dated. This is the situation in 1773. The ships are moored in the estuary of the Pearl River (Whampoa); the merchants’ offices were located upriver. During the off-season the European traders stayed in Macao, which was also in the mouth of the Pearl River.