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View of a military post on the river Eu-ho.
Figures gather on the banks of a...
View of a military post on the river Eu-ho.
Figures gather on the banks of a river, with women and children on the left and six soldiers standing under a tree on the right; a man walks by the side of a wall decorated with the figure of a dragon that links a turret, on top of which a soldier strikes a gong with a mallet, to a small shrine, with man, horse and women holding babies standing outside in the background. Signed with initials at bottom right and annotated in pencil on verso: 'A Military Post. Portraits of the Soldiers, Joss house &c &c. Oct. 19 1793'. Pasted on mount with washlines.
Described as 'View of a small military Post with soldiers drawn outin compliment to the Embassador. On the top of a small Castle a soldier is seen beating a Gongue (a brazen Instrument so called by Europeans) to give notice of the Embassador's approach'.
[A collection of eighty views, maps, portraits and drawings illustrative of the Embassy sent to China under George, Earl of Macartney, in 1793; drawn chiefly by William Alexander, some by Sir John Barrow, Bart, some by Sir Henry Woodbine Parish, and one by William Gomm. Many of them are engraved in Sir George Staunton's Narrative of the Embassy, published in 1797.]
Author: Alexander, William / Illustrator: Alexander, William
[1793-1794].
Source/Shelfmark: Maps 8.Tab.C.8.9
1 drawing: watercolour; sheet 30.3 x 46.8 cm, on support 38.6 x 54.7 cm.
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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images