Cheng Tinglu, Feng Lechu

signed Cheng Tinglu, dated dingsi (1857), summer, the fourth lunar month, titled, dedicated to Sun Xingyan (1753-1818), and with two seals of the artist, xu bo, he cha shan min. Portrait painted by Feng Lechu, signed Feng Lechu, and with two seals of the artist, yu ping shan ren, yan zuo
Label inscribed by Xu Naipu, with one seal of his, dian sheng
Frontispiece inscribed by Tang Xun, colophons by eleven of the artist's contemporaries, including Yang Bing, Huang Xieqing, Xu Naiyu, Pan Hua, Zhou Shi, Tang Xun, Zhu Xuceng, and Lu Yitian

-Some light foxing spots and watermarks can be found around the two figures in the scroll, which can be seen in the illustration
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Label inscription:
Cheng Xubo's The Garden of Contentment. Inscribed by Xu Naipu
Frontispiece:
The Garden of Contentment.  For the possession of the respected elder Boyuan (Sun Xingyan, 1753-1818). Tang Xun of Yi Hut.

Artists' inscriptions:
Cheng Tinglu: The Garden of Contentment. Written for the respected elder Boyuan, in the hopes that he will inspect and correct its errors.  In the year of dingsi (1857), summer, in the first ten days of the fourth month, brotherly junior of Jiading, Cheng Tinglu.
Feng Lechu: A portrait drawn for Mr. Boyuan by Feng Lechu, brotherly junior mountain man of Yuping, in Guyue.