Period:Unknown Production date:1796
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Dimensions:Height: 378 millimetres Width: 505 millimetres
Description:
A structure with four posts, the central two higher than the others, with horizontal bars marked with Chinese characters set between them and a decorated top; officials overseeing the punishment of three men in front of it; behind to left, people are watching a performance on a raised, covered stage; to the right, a fortress with thick sloping walls, soldiers at the battlements; men sitting in the foreground, smoking; unfinished state with scratched artists’ names. 1796 Etching and engraving
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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, engraving,
Dimensions:Height: 378 millimetres Width: 505 millimetres
Description:
A structure with four posts, the central two higher than the others, with horizontal bars marked with Chinese characters set between them and a decorated top; officials overseeing the punishment of three men in front of it; behind to left, people are watching a performance on a raised, covered stage; to the right, a fortress with thick sloping walls, soldiers at the battlements; men sitting in the foreground, smoking; unfinished state with scratched artists’ names. 1796 Etching and engraving
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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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