There is also the description of the house of a Chinese mandarin in the works of the early- 19th-century plant hunter, Robert Fortune: "Its walls were hung with pictures of flowers, birds, and scenes of Chinese life."
此外，十九世紀初到中國採集植物的羅伯富春，則形容一個中國文官的家：「牆上掛著花鳥，或中國人生活景緻的畫」。