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Mandarin carrying the emperor's letter before the ambassador Illustration.
- Format:
- Image
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, William, 1767-1816, artist.
- Language:
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Clothing and dress.
- Drawing, Chinese.
- China.
- Genre:
- Illustrated works
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 image)
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [between 1792 and 1794?]
- Summary:
- Pencil, pen and ink, wash and watercolour illustration of a Mandarin carrying the Emperor's letter before the Ambassador, from an album of 278 drawings of landscapes, coastlines, costumes and everyday life, made during Lord Macartney's emabassy to the Emperor of China.
- Notes:
- Reference: 1466
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (last viewed November 19, 2025).
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