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View on the banks of the River Peiho. Men and boys sitting on the banks of...

IMAGE number: BL3308613
Image title: View on the banks of the River Peiho. Men and boys sitting on the banks of the Hai River, with fisherman in the foreground, temple on the left, and women and children watching outside a village in the background. Signed with initials at bottom right and annotated in pencil on verso: 'Figures on the Banks of the River as viewing the Ambassador's Barges &c'. Pasted on mount with washlines. Described as 'Companion to [Maps 8.Tab.C.8.1.]. This drawing exhibits a group of figures collected together near a temple on the bank of a river'.
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: Alexander, William / Illustrator: Alexander, William 1793 Source/Shelfmark: Maps 8.Tab.C.8.2 1 drawing: watercolour; sheet 32.6 x 47.7 cm, on support 39.3 x 56 cm.
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: China / Asia / fishing / fisherman / hunt / large group of people / landscape / river / asia / group of people / rivers / river bank / colours / people / watercolour / 18th century / fishermen / occupation / action / hunting / maritime occupations / occupations / colour / painting

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