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View of castle Illustration.
- Format:
- Image
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, William, 1767-1816, artist.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Castles.
- Color prints.
- China--Tianjin.
- Genre:
- Illustrated works
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 image)
- Place of Publication:
- London : G. Nicol, 1799.
- Summary:
- From The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings. Published by William Miller, London, 1805. This is described as being near the city of Tien-sin (Tianjin). Within the battlements is a building to shelter sentinels on duty, one of them beating a gong to announce to the garrison the approach of a vicerly or mandarin of rank. Within the parapet a lantern is suspended and an imperial standard is flown.
- Notes:
- Reference: c2295-05
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (last viewed November 19, 2025).
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