Portrait of Van-Ta-Zhin, a military Mandarin Illustration.

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Alexander, William, 1767-1816, artist.

Contributor:

British Library, owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress.

Color prints.

Genre:

Illustrated works

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 image)

Place of Publication:

London : G. Nicol, 1797.

Summary:

From The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings. Published by William Miller: London, 1805. This shows an officer appointed to attend the British Embassy. He wears a cap with a peacock feather, a blue cotton jacket and a silk vest. From his girdle hangs his handkerchief, knife, chopsticks and purses for tobacco. He has a bow and quiver of arrows. His boots are of satin, with thick soles of paper: 'these are always worn by the mandarins and superior Chinese'.

Notes:

Reference: c2293-03

Title from publisher's website.

Description based on publisher metadata (last viewed November 19, 2025).