Chow-ta-zhin Illustration.

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Alexander, William, 1767-1816, artist.

Contributor:

British Library, owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress.

Color prints.

China.

Genre:

Illustrated works

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 image)

Place of Publication:

London : G. and W. Nicol, 1799.

Summary:

From The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings. Published by William Miller, London, 1805. A Quan, or Mandarin, was entrusted with the care of the British Embassy. The blue ball on his cap, from which hangs a peacock feather, is indicative of this rank. He wears full court dress, being a gown of silk or satin, covering a undervest embroidered in silk; the square badge on his breast, which contains the figure of an imaginary bird, denotes the wearer to be a Mandarin of letters. He wears a string of beads.

Notes:

Reference: c2295-07

Title from publisher's website.

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