Image of Sui-fung-ta, or temple of the thundering winds. A Chinese monk stands

Sui-fung-ta, or temple of the thundering winds. A Chinese monk stands on a road in prayer...

IMAGE number: BL3308678
Image title: Sui-fung-ta, or temple of the thundering winds. A Chinese monk stands on a road in prayer looking up at a circular building covered in grass, shrubs and moss seen among trees on top of a hill in the Vale of Tombs, with lake See-hoo, village, pagoda and mountains in the background, within washlines. One of 'Three colored views of the "Lake Si-hoo, near Hangtcheou-foo, and of the Sui-fung-ta, or temple of the thundering winds."
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: 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: Barrow, Sir John / Illustrator: Barrow, Sir John 1793 Source/Shelfmark: Maps 8 TAB.c.8.86.c. 1 drawing: watercolour; sheet 36 x 46 cm
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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