Period:Unknown Production date:1796
Materials:paper
Technique:etching
Dimensions:Height: 301 millimetres Width: 396 millimetres
Description:
A row of Chinese archers, the one on the far right holding a flag; two solders practicing with swords and round shields to the left, watched by a man carrying baskets on a pole across his shoulders and others sitting in a hut with an open front behind to left, set against a wall with a fortified tower; ships on water behind to right and mountains on the far bank; etched state with scratched engraver’s name. 1796 Etching
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Comments:Published in Sir G.L.Staunton’s “Authentic Account of Lord Macartney’s Embassy” London 1797.
Materials:paper
Technique:etching
Dimensions:Height: 301 millimetres Width: 396 millimetres
Description:
A row of Chinese archers, the one on the far right holding a flag; two solders practicing with swords and round shields to the left, watched by a man carrying baskets on a pole across his shoulders and others sitting in a hut with an open front behind to left, set against a wall with a fortified tower; ships on water behind to right and mountains on the far bank; etched state with scratched engraver’s name. 1796 Etching
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Comments:Published in Sir G.L.Staunton’s “Authentic Account of Lord Macartney’s Embassy” London 1797.
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