| The top painting, entitled "Interior of the Sea-screen Temple, Guangzhou", was created by Auguste Borget in 1838. Borget was well versed in Western linear perspective. The eye level is correctly placed, putting the viewer in the centre of the temple hall. The interior space recedes in accurate proportion to create a sense of depth. The lower painting, entitled "Receiving Guests", shows a master receiving his guests. The Chinese export painter has also employed linear perspective, but, if you join the lines of the ceiling, the windows and the floor, you may find three different eye levels and vanishing points. The work seems to offer its viewer a mid-air viewing angle from which one may enjoy different perspectives - an effect close to the multi-perspective experience offered by traditional Chinese ink painting.
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