Portrait of the purveyor for the embassy Illustration.

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Alexander, William, 1767-1816, artist.

Contributor:

British Library, owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomacy.

Portraits.

China--Macau.

Genre:

Illustrated works

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 image)

Place of Publication:

London : G. Nicol, 1798.

Summary:

From The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings. Published by William Miller, London, 1805. Portrait of the Purveyor for the Embassy, while the Ambassador remained at Macao. His external jacket is of sheep skin, with a collar of sable, or fox skin. Under this is worn a vest of silk. He wears a felt cap. From the girdle on the right side hangs a flint and steel, and knife sheath; on the left, purses for tobacco, or snuff. He carries a box containing sweetmeats, a token of his regard for the Embasssy. The background is a scene at Macao.

Notes:

Reference: c2294-03

Title from publisher's website.

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