It would seem that because such images were not depictions of Westerners as objects for the export art market but were for internal Chinese consumption, they can give us a more objective idea of the views held by people of that time.
大理石案屏背面題有「草衣木食輕王侯」款識，匠人的印款則是堂堂「華人」二字。漆屏風洋人出獵，終老故國