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Sketch of the PLAN of POOT-A-LA, the TEMPLE at GEHO. / H.W. Parish Royal Artillery...

IMAGE number: BL3308665
Image title: Sketch of the PLAN of POOT-A-LA, the TEMPLE at GEHO. / H.W. Parish Royal Artillery 1793. Summary: View of Chinese temple covered with gold roof from above, with chapel on the left and terrace at the front; key, scale and explanatory text on the right.
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. Engraved in Staunton, Atlas, No. 26 Author: Parish, William Henry / Illustrator: Parish, William Henry 1793 Source/Shelfmark: Maps 8 TAB.c.8.80.a no.10.k.k.k. engraving no.26 1 drawing: Ink and watercolour; sheet 23.7 x 37.2 cm; Scale 1: 720. 60 feet to an inch.
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 18th century / China / Asia / Alexander William (1767-1816) / illustrator / asia / temples / religious structure / 18th century / complexes / document / temple / religious building / plan

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